Alternative name: Lesser Goldenback
- Dinopium benghalense
Identification
26-29 cm
- Golden yellow back
- Paler wings
- Black rump and tail
- White underparts with dark chevron markings
- Black throat
- Whitish head
- Black nape and throat
- Greyish eye patch
Male - red crown and crest.
Female - black forecrown spotted with white, with red only on the rear crest..
Young birds are like female, but duller.
Distribution
Sri Lanka; India to Assam, western Myanmar.
Taxonomy
There are 6 subspecies.
Habitat
Open forest and cultivation.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects.
Breeding
It nests in a tree hole, laying 3 white eggs.
References
- Wikipedia
