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[[Image:PA050475.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|cango|cango}}<br />La Digue, [[Seychelles]], October 2017 ]]
 
[[Image:PA050475.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|cango|cango}}<br />La Digue, [[Seychelles]], October 2017 ]]
 
;[[:Category:Terpsiphone|Terpsiphone]] corvina
 
;[[:Category:Terpsiphone|Terpsiphone]] corvina
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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20cm. Glossy black with a deep blue sheen. The upperparts of the females including wings and tail are red brown. The underparts are pale cream white. Facial skin, bill, and legs are blue.
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[[Image:17564pigliamosche paradiso delle seychelles3.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|axel1950|axel1950}}<br />La Digue, [[Seychelles]], March 2006]]
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Male 20 cm (7¾ in), plus long central [[Topography#Tails|rectrices]] extending 22 cm beyond outer tail feathers; Female 17–20 cm (6¾-7¾ in)
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*Glossy black overall plumage with a deep blue sheen<br />
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'''Female'''
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*Reddish brown upperparts
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*Creamy-white underparts
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*Blue facial skin, bill, and legs
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Seychelles]].
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Forests of La Digue ([[Seychelles]]).
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Forests and marshy areas near water.
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Tall broadleafed woodland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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It builds a cup shaped nest of plant fibres bound with spiders' web and 1 egg is laid.
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====Breeding====
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They build a cup shaped nest of plant fibres bound with spiders' web. The clutch consists of a single egg.
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The diet includes winged insects and spiders, caught in mid-air or picked from leaves.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists almost entirely of small insects and spiders.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 21:34, 27 October 2017

Male
Photo by cango
La Digue, Seychelles, October 2017
Terpsiphone corvina

Identification

Female
Photo by axel1950
La Digue, Seychelles, March 2006

Male 20 cm (7¾ in), plus long central rectrices extending 22 cm beyond outer tail feathers; Female 17–20 cm (6¾-7¾ in)

  • Glossy black overall plumage with a deep blue sheen

Female

  • Reddish brown upperparts
  • Creamy-white underparts
  • Blue facial skin, bill, and legs

Distribution

Forests of La Digue (Seychelles).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Tall broadleafed woodland.

Behaviour

Breeding

They build a cup shaped nest of plant fibres bound with spiders' web. The clutch consists of a single egg.

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of small insects and spiders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
  3. Wikipedia

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