- Tregellasia capito
Identification
Grey-olive above, yellow below, white or orange sides to the forehead, yellowish legs and a short and rather broad bill. Juveniles red-brown above, pale below and have white streaks.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Eucalypt forests, subtropical and tropical rainforests with dense vegetation, such as vine thickets.
Behaviour
Diet is mainly insects, some seeds.
Nest is cup shaped and made from grass, spiders' webs, moss, lichen, leaves and bark. Females incubate the eggs while the male provides food. Both parents feed the young.
It is threatened by habitat clearing for agriculture and housing.
