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Flicks tail almost constantly while foraging. Found in small groups of up to 5 birds. | Flicks tail almost constantly while foraging. Found in small groups of up to 5 birds. | ||
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Revision as of 14:20, 14 August 2010
- Lamprolia victoriae
Identification
Length 13 cm. Sexually monomorphic. Head, body and wings all deep black with metallic blue or turquoise tips to the feathers of the head, upper breast and lesser and median wing coverts. Rump and long uppertail coverts, which reach almost to the tip of the tail, bright, silky white. Inner tail feathers blue with a black tip, outers all black.
Distribution
Fiji.
Common on Taveuni but rare on the Natewa Peninsula on Vanua Levu.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies accepted:
- L. v. victoriae on Taveuni
- L. v. kleinschmidti on Vanua Levu
Habitat
Found on the lower branches and on the ground in forests.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects, worms and arthropods.
Flicks tail almost constantly while foraging. Found in small groups of up to 5 birds.
Vocalisation
Usually silent but gives a quiet, rather subdued "twitter". The song is composed of three notes at the same level followed by two or three descending notes.
