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- Dendronanthus indicus
==Identification. 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.Size-18cm.Voice a sharp metallic ping.
Distribution
Breesding in far eastern Russia,Korea, and northern China;wintering south to Indian subcontinent and S.E.Asia to the Greater Sundas.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Forests,forest edges,mangroves,plantation and scrubs.
Behaviour
Usualy solitary or in pairs,forging on the ground,Frequently sways body side ways-cork screw like motion.Will perch on trees.Has been obeserved roosting communally in large numbers in scrubland.