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Alternative name: Lesser Goldenback

Photo by Scottishdude aka Jamie MacArthur
Photograph shows Male & Female
Photographed: Goa, India
Dinopium benghalense

Identification

26-29 cm

  • Golden yellow back
  • Paler wings
  • Black rump and tail
  • White underparts with dark chevron markings
  • Black throat
  • Whitish head
  • Black nape and throat
  • Grayish eye patch

Male - red crown and crest.
Female - black forecrown spotted with white, with red only on the rear crest..
Young birds are like female, but duller.

Distribution

Sri Lanka; India to Assam, western Myanmar.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 4 subspecies. Dinopium benghalense benghalense N India to Assam and sw Burma

Dinopium benghalense dilutum Pakistan

Dinopium benghalense puncticolle Central and s India; n Sri Lanka

Dinopium benghalense psarodes Central and s Sri Lanka

Habitat

Open forest and cultivation.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

It nests in a tree hole, laying 3 white eggs.

References

  1. Wikipedia

External Links

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