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;[[:Category:Myadestes|Myadestes]] melanops | ;[[:Category:Myadestes|Myadestes]] melanops | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 16-18.5 cm. Slate grey, black face and chin, broad orange bill, slate wings and tail edged black, silvery-white underwing coverts, orange legs. '''Juvenile''' - buff streaks on head and upperparts, buff and brown mottling on the underparts. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Monotypic. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps in wet mountain forest, normally from 750 to 3000 m. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes insects and berries. | ||
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| + | It builds a cup nest of mosses and liverworts in a tree crevice, hole in a mossy bank. 2-3 rufous-brown marked white or pinkish eggs are laid between April and June. The fledging period is 15-16 days. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Myadestes+melanops}} | {{GSearch|Myadestes+melanops}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Myadestes]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Myadestes]] | ||
Revision as of 15:52, 13 November 2008
- Myadestes melanops
Identification
16-18.5 cm. Slate grey, black face and chin, broad orange bill, slate wings and tail edged black, silvery-white underwing coverts, orange legs. Juvenile - buff streaks on head and upperparts, buff and brown mottling on the underparts.
Distribution
Costa Rica and western Panama.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps in wet mountain forest, normally from 750 to 3000 m.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects and berries.
It builds a cup nest of mosses and liverworts in a tree crevice, hole in a mossy bank. 2-3 rufous-brown marked white or pinkish eggs are laid between April and June. The fledging period is 15-16 days.
