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Nug-as, Alcoy, Cebu, Philippines, November 2008

Copsychus cebuensis

[edit] Identification

• 20cm
• All black
  

Male

• Blue sheen to plumage
• Tail is long and graduated
• Black bill
• Dark brown eyes
  

Female smaller than the male

• Dark grey

Juveniles are greyer with browner wings.

[edit] Distribution

Cebu (south-central Philippines)

[edit] Taxonomy

Mono^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Forest, dense thickets, bamboo groves, scrub, and plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects, particularly beetles.

[edit] Breeding

It builds a cup-shaped nest, placed in the sawed or broken ends of bamboo stalks. The clutch consists of 2-3 eggs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. ArKive

• List of references

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