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| − | + | [[Image:Leaden_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|mehdhalaouate|mehdhalaouate}} <br />Port Douglas, [[Queensland]], May 2005]] | |
| − | + | ;[[:Category:Myiagra|Myiagra]] rubecula | |
| − | [[Image:Leaden_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mehdhalaouate <br/> | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | Dark blue grey above and white below, black-tipped blue bill surrounded by small bristles. Females | + | '''Male''': Dark blue grey above and white below, black-tipped blue bill surrounded by small bristles. <br /> |
| − | + | '''Females''': blue-grey head and back with a distinctive reddish orange chin, throat and breast, white lower parts, pale eye-ring. <br /> | |
| + | '''Young birds''': are brown-grey above with streaked wings and mottled brown chests with a reddish wash. | ||
| + | ====Similar Species==== | ||
| + | The female which is similar to the [[Broad-billed Flycatcher]] male and female. | ||
| + | [[Image:2009FemaleLeadenFlycatcher.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|AllanP|AllanP}}<br />Brisbane, April 2009 ]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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Northern [[Australia]] | Northern [[Australia]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ||
| + | *''M. r. papuana'': | ||
| + | :*Savanna of southern [[New Guinea]] and Boigu Island (northern Torres Strait) | ||
| + | *''M. r. concinna'': | ||
| + | :*Northern [[Australia]] (King Sound, [[Western Australia]] to north-western [[Queensland]]) | ||
| + | *''M. r. okyri'': | ||
| + | :*Northern [[Queensland]] (Cape York Peninsula) | ||
| + | *''M. r. yorki'': | ||
| + | :*Eastern [[Australia]] (Burdekin River, [[Queensland]] to far north-eastern [[New South Wales]]) | ||
| + | *''M. r. rubecula'': | ||
| + | :*South-eastern [[Australia]] (north-eastern [[New South Wales]] to central and southern [[Victoria]]); > to north | ||
| + | *''M. r. sciurorum'': | ||
| + | :*Louisiade and D'Entrecasteaux archipelagos | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Dry sclerophyll and mangrove forests, bush and coastal areas. | |
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | They wag their tails. | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
Diet includes insects. | Diet includes insects. | ||
| − | + | ====Breeding==== | |
| − | Both sexes build the shallow, cup-shaped nest of | + | Both sexes build the shallow, cup-shaped nest of torn bits of paperbark (Malleleuca) and grass held together by spiders web and decorated with pieces of bark and lichen; both parents incubate the eggs and feed the young. |
| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | A most amazing song interspersed with a loud metallic click that carries throughout the bush. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}} | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Myiagra+rubecula}} | {{GSearch|Myiagra+rubecula}} | ||
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| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Myiagra]] |
Latest revision as of 12:02, 28 May 2009
- Myiagra rubecula
Identification
Male: Dark blue grey above and white below, black-tipped blue bill surrounded by small bristles.
Females: blue-grey head and back with a distinctive reddish orange chin, throat and breast, white lower parts, pale eye-ring.
Young birds: are brown-grey above with streaked wings and mottled brown chests with a reddish wash.
Similar Species
The female which is similar to the Broad-billed Flycatcher male and female.
Distribution
Northern Australia
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- M. r. papuana:
- Savanna of southern New Guinea and Boigu Island (northern Torres Strait)
- M. r. concinna:
- Northern Australia (King Sound, Western Australia to north-western Queensland)
- M. r. okyri:
- Northern Queensland (Cape York Peninsula)
- M. r. yorki:
- Eastern Australia (Burdekin River, Queensland to far north-eastern New South Wales)
- M. r. rubecula:
- South-eastern Australia (north-eastern New South Wales to central and southern Victoria); > to north
- M. r. sciurorum:
- Louisiade and D'Entrecasteaux archipelagos
Habitat
Dry sclerophyll and mangrove forests, bush and coastal areas.
Behaviour
They wag their tails.
Diet
Diet includes insects.
Breeding
Both sexes build the shallow, cup-shaped nest of torn bits of paperbark (Malleleuca) and grass held together by spiders web and decorated with pieces of bark and lichen; both parents incubate the eggs and feed the young.
Vocalisation
A most amazing song interspersed with a loud metallic click that carries throughout the bush.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Leaden Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Leaden_Flycatcher
