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Revision as of 21:39, 12 February 2017
Alternative names: Clicking Peltops; Lowland Peltops-Flycatcher; Lowland Shieldbill
- Peltops blainvillii
Identification
18 - 19cm. A large-headed and stout passerine with a shallowly forked tail.
- Mostly glossy bluish-black plumage
- Brown tinge on flight feathers and tail
- Prominent white patch on side of ead
- White patch on mantle
- Striking red rump, uppertail-coverts, undertail-coverts, lower abdomen and thighs
- White underwing
- Red to dark red-brown eye
Sexes similar, females are slightly smaller. Juveniles are duller with greyish-black plumage and some white on throat.
Similar species
Differs from very similar Mountain Peltops by less extensive white on side of head and less white on back.
Distribution
Found in New Guinea and West Papuan Islands (Waigeo, Salawati and Misool).
Widely distributed.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Forms a superspecies with Mountain Peltops.
Habitat
Moist lowland forest. Also in disturbed areas and gardens. Occurs up to ca. 600m. Replaced by Mountain Peltops at higher elevations.
Behaviour
Feeds mainly on flying insects like dragonflies.
Spends long time on perch before sallying after insects.
Little known about breeding. Territorial. The nest is reported as a small cup ade of twigs and rootlets and placed more than 6m above the ground in a tree.
A sedentary species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lowland Peltops. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lowland_Peltops
