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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Not hard to see. Forages in the open canopies of bushes or short trees, often in mixed flocks. Named from the loose feathers on the male's rump and lower back.</p><p> | Not hard to see. Forages in the open canopies of bushes or short trees, often in mixed flocks. Named from the loose feathers on the male's rump and lower back.</p><p> | ||
Revision as of 05:39, 29 May 2007
- Dryoscopus cubla
Description
Not hard to see. Forages in the open canopies of bushes or short trees, often in mixed flocks. Named from the loose feathers on the male's rump and lower back.
Male's Display :
A male puffs out the white rump geathers "to form a remarkable white ball, then bows, droops vibrating wings, and spreads tail. He makes short 'butterfly' flights with the puff expanded, and may drop vertically through the air with raised wings. Courting birds audibly click their wings" (Zimmerman et al 1996).
