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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | Eastern [[Australia]] east of the Great Dividing Range from about Cooktown (Queensland) to about Melbourne (Victoria). Not migratory. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: ''magnirostra'', ''viridior'', and ''howei''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests. | Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests. | ||
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It seldom builds its own nest and uses nests of other species. When it does build its own nest, it is domed with a side entrance and made of plant stems, rootlets, leaf remnants and moss, lined with feathers. | It seldom builds its own nest and uses nests of other species. When it does build its own nest, it is domed with a side entrance and made of plant stems, rootlets, leaf remnants and moss, lined with feathers. | ||
| − | + | ==References== | |
| − | + | # Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Sericornis+magnirostra}} | {{GSearch|Sericornis+magnirostra}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=64&bid=999 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=64&bid=999 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sericornis | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sericornis]] |
Revision as of 14:50, 8 January 2009
- Sericornis magnirostra
Identification
Large dark red-brown eye, pale buff face, upperparts olive-brown, red-brown on the head and rump and the base of tail is washed rufous (reddish), with light buff underparts.
Distribution
Eastern Australia east of the Great Dividing Range from about Cooktown (Queensland) to about Melbourne (Victoria). Not migratory.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are recognized[1]: magnirostra, viridior, and howei.
Habitat
Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests.
Behaviour
Diet includes insects and spiders, which it forages for by working upwards on trunks and branches of trees and vines 3 m - 17 m above the forest floor.
It seldom builds its own nest and uses nests of other species. When it does build its own nest, it is domed with a side entrance and made of plant stems, rootlets, leaf remnants and moss, lined with feathers.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
