- Sphecotheres hypoleucus
Identification
26 cm.
Male
- Pink or orange-red bare skin around eye
- Black head, neck and upper mantle
- Olive-green rest of upperparts faintly streaked
- Dark upperwings, secondaries, tertials and upperwing-coverts with greenish-yellow edging
- Dark tail
- White chin to belly, some olive-green on flanks
- Black bill
Female
- Bluish-grey to dark green bare skin around eye
- Brown upperparts, darker streaked on crown and upper mantle
- Olive-green rump
- Dark wings, secondaries edged greenish
- Dark brown tail
- Buff-white throat and underparts heavily streaked dark brown
Immatures are similar to females but less boldly marked.
Distribution
Wetar Island in the eastern Lesser Sundas, Indonesia.
A restricted-range species, still common in suitable habitat.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Has been considered conspecific with Green Figbird and Australasian Figbird.
Habitat
Deciduous monsoon forest, woodland and scrub.
Mostly found in the northwest of the island.
Behaviour
No information about diet or breeding.
Presumably a resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Wetar Figbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Wetar_Figbird
