Alternative name: Ceylon Whistling-Thrush
- Myophonus blighi
Identification
20cm
- Dark blue plumage
- Head and back darker
- Bright blue shoulder patches, supercilium and forehead
Female
- Brown upperparts
- Chestnut underparts
- Blue shoulder patch
Distribution
Mountain ravines of Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Montane riverside forests.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects, frogs, earthworms and berries.
Breeding
It nests in bushes or similar, laying 1 or 2 eggs in a neat cup-shaped nest on a ledge near water.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Whistling_Thrush
