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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 15 -18 cm. Olive-brown upperparts, rufous crown and nape, pale | + | 15 -18 cm. Olive-brown upperparts, rufous crown and nape, pale gray underparts, becoming whitish on the belly, and orange lower mandible. The juvenile is darker faced, has pale centres to the upperpart feathers, brownish flanks and breast, and dark barring or spots on the belly. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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| − | It builds | + | It builds a bulky lined cup shaped nest in dense undergrowth or a thicket, often near water. 2 brown-blotched greyish or greenish-blue eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 15-16 days. The young are fed by both parents for 14-16 days more to fledgling. |
The diet includes insects and spiders, and small fruits. | The diet includes insects and spiders, and small fruits. | ||
Revision as of 09:53, 27 July 2008
- Catharus frantzii
Identification
15 -18 cm. Olive-brown upperparts, rufous crown and nape, pale gray underparts, becoming whitish on the belly, and orange lower mandible. The juvenile is darker faced, has pale centres to the upperpart feathers, brownish flanks and breast, and dark barring or spots on the belly.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
The undergrowth of wet mountain oak and conifer forests.
Behaviour
It builds a bulky lined cup shaped nest in dense undergrowth or a thicket, often near water. 2 brown-blotched greyish or greenish-blue eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 15-16 days. The young are fed by both parents for 14-16 days more to fledgling.
The diet includes insects and spiders, and small fruits.
