Bergamadine

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Bergamadine
Mountain Firetail.jpg

Bergamadine ( Oreostruthus fuliginosus )

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Family : Fine finches (Estrildidae)
Subfamily : Lonchurinae
Genre : Oreostruthus
Type : Bergamadine
Scientific name of the  genus
Oreostruthus
De Vis , 1898
Scientific name of the  species
Oreostruthus fuliginosus
( De Vis , 1897)

The Mountain Firetail ( Oreostruthus fuliginosus ) is a Southeast Asian bird art from the family of finches (Estrildidae). It is the only recent species of the genus Oreostruthus . There are three subspecies.

The bergamadine shares some similarities with the Australian diamond finches , but their feet are larger and more adapted to life on the ground.

description

The bergamadine reaches a body length of thirteen centimeters and is one of the large species of finch. It weighs an average of nineteen grams.

The male is dark olive brown on the back and wings. The top of the head, on the other hand, is a little gray. The upper tail-coverts are red, the tail is brown with a suggested dark transverse banding. The underside of the body is olive brown, the sides of the body are reddish. The under tail-coverts partly have red tips. Females are lighter on the underside than males and their markings are less extensive. In both sexes, the beak is red. The young birds are still missing the red drawing; they are lighter and more brown than adult males. Their beak is still dark horn-colored.

Distribution area and habitat

The distribution area are the mountains of New Guinea at altitudes between 2,800 and 3,700 meters, up to the tree line. Occasionally the birds are observed at lower altitudes. They live individually, in pairs and in small groups in the rainforest and in clearings of the rainforest. Their diet consists of grass seeds, fruits and insects.

So far, only one nest has been found in field observations. It was located at a height of six meters in the leaf whorls of a Pandanus tectorius , which stood at the edge of the forest that bordered on an alpine mat region. The ball nest was elongated oval with a diameter of 23.5 centimeters.

literature

  • Jürgen Nicolai (Ed.), Joachim Steinbacher (Ed.), Renate van den Elzen, Gerhard Hofmann: Prachtfinken - Australia, Oceania, Southeast Asia. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3249-4 .
  • Peter Clement , Alan Harris, John Davis: Finches and Sparrows - An Identification Guide. Christopher Helm, London 1993, ISBN 0-7136-8017-2 .

Single receipts

  1. ↑ Clement et al., P. 389.
  2. ↑ Nicolai et al., P. 52.
  3. ↑ Nicolai et al., P. 53.

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