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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Revision as of 00:32, 20 July 2009
- Sericornis magnirostra
Identification
Large dark red-brown eye, pale buff face, upperparts olive-brown, red-brown on the head and rump and the base of tail is washed rufous (reddish), with light buff underparts.
Distribution
Eastern Australia east of the Great Dividing Range from about Cooktown (Queensland) to about Melbourne (Victoria). Not migratory.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are recognized[1]: magnirostra, viridior, and howei.
Habitat
Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests.
Behaviour
Diet includes insects and spiders, which it forages for by working upwards on trunks and branches of trees and vines 3 m - 17 m above the forest floor.
It seldom builds its own nest and uses nests of other species. When it does build its own nest, it is domed with a side entrance and made of plant stems, rootlets, leaf remnants and moss, lined with feathers.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
