- Centropus phasianinus
Identification
Long tail, rounded wings, black head, neck and underbody with the upperparts and wings reddish-brown with black and cream barring and the black tail is barred orange. Red eye. Sexes similar but females larger.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Grasslands, and canfields, dense understorey vegetation, particularly grasses, rushes, bracken and sedges, in open forests and woodlands, and around wetlands.
Behaviour
Diet includes large insects, small animals, frogs, lizards, eggs and chicks of other birds.
Nests, which are dome shaped, are hidden in thick grass or sugar cane or in weedy thickets and is a platform of sticks, grass or rushes, lined with leaves and grasses. The male incubates the eggs and feeds the young, with the female helping with feeding.
