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==Identification==
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[[Image:NTL 6143.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|nhattanla|nhattanla}}<br />Hanoi, [[Vietnam]], February 2017]]
Broad black crescentic breast patch separated from broken black crescentic patch by creamy white breast band together with whitish wingbars diagnostic.Upperparts olive-brown with thin whitish supercilium.Underparts creamy white.
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16–18 cm (6¼-7 in)<br />
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Broad black crescent breast patch, separated from broken black crescent patch by creamy white breast band together with whitish wing bars diagnostic. Upperparts olive-brown with thin whitish [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]. Underparts creamy white.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
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Breeding in far eastern [[Russia]], [[Korea]] and northern [[China]]; wintering  south to [[India]]n subcontinent and southeast [[Asia]] to the [[Greater Sundas]], [[Indonesia]].
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Forests, forest edges, mangroves, plantation and scrubs.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Usually solitary or in pairs, foraging on the ground. Will perch on trees. Has been observed roosting communally in large numbers in scrubland.
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====Breeding====
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The nest is formed from rootlets, grass, leaves and twigs, held together by moss and webs, close to the trunk of a large tree. The 4 to 5 eggs are incubated by the female; the male helping to feed the brood.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of small insects, worms and snails etc. They are also known to fly catch from a perch.
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====Action====
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Frequently sways body side-ways in a cork screw like motion.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Call''': a sharp metallic ping.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#ArKive
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Latest revision as of 00:48, 17 January 2023

Photo by SeeToh
Former Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore, September 2013
Dendronanthus indicus

Identification

Photo by nhattanla
Hanoi, Vietnam, February 2017

16–18 cm (6¼-7 in)
Broad black crescent breast patch, separated from broken black crescent patch by creamy white breast band together with whitish wing bars diagnostic. Upperparts olive-brown with thin whitish supercilium. Underparts creamy white.

Distribution

Breeding in far eastern Russia, Korea and northern China; wintering south to Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia to the Greater Sundas, Indonesia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Forests, forest edges, mangroves, plantation and scrubs.

Behaviour

Usually solitary or in pairs, foraging on the ground. Will perch on trees. Has been observed roosting communally in large numbers in scrubland.

Breeding

The nest is formed from rootlets, grass, leaves and twigs, held together by moss and webs, close to the trunk of a large tree. The 4 to 5 eggs are incubated by the female; the male helping to feed the brood.

Diet

Their diet consists of small insects, worms and snails etc. They are also known to fly catch from a perch.

Action

Frequently sways body side-ways in a cork screw like motion.

Vocalisation

Call: a sharp metallic ping.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. ArKive

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