- Rollulus rouloul
Identification
25cm
- Bare scarlet eye skin
- Red legs
Male
- Slightly larger
- Metallic green upperparts
- Glossy dark blue below
- Brown wing panel
- Tall red crest
- White spot on forehead
- Black frontal bristles
Female
- Green body
- Grey head
- Brown wing coverts
- Dark bill
Distribution
South Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, south Thailand, and Borneo.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Lowland rainforests.
Behaviour
It nests in a ground scrape which it lines with leaves, hidden under leaf litter. 5-6 white eggs are laid and are incubated for 18 days.
The diet includes invertebrates, seeds and fruit.
Vocalisation
Song: whistled si-ul.
