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Photo by James Eaton
Pulau Damar, Maluku, Indonesia, October 2011
Ficedula henrici

Identification

12-13cm
Male

  • Dark slatey blue
  • Black face
  • White supercilium
  • White flecking on breast
  • Small white throat patch
  • Black bill
  • Black legs

Female

  • Olive brown above, with a slaty hue
  • Rusty buff underparts
  • Brighter throat and chest, streaked with olive
  • Buff eyering
  • Buff supercilium

Distribution

Damar Island (eastern Lesser Sundas), Indonesia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Habitat

Evergreen lowland forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Vocalisation

Call: a weak whistle.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. BirdLife International
  3. Orientalbirdclub

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