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;Sericornis magnirostra | ;Sericornis magnirostra | ||
==Identification== | ==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== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | + | South-eastern [[Australia]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
− | + | Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests. | |
==Behaviour== | ==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. | |
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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. | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 8 October 2007
- 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
South-eastern Australia.
Taxonomy
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.