• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Forest Wagtail - BirdForum Opus

Revision as of 03:07, 17 August 2007 by DrManjeetSingh-21146 (talk | contribs)
Page Discussion
View source History
Dendronanthus indicus
Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh

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.

External Links

Retrieved from ‘https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Forest_Wagtail&oldid=54834’
Back
Top