Braunflügelliest
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Brown-winged liest ( Pelargopsis amauroptera ) |
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The brown-winged liest ( Pelargopsis amauroptera ) is a bird from the kingfisher family that occurs in Asia .
description
Appearance
Adult brown wing nests reach a length of approx. 35 centimeters. The weight of one male was measured to be 162 grams. There is no sexual dimorphism between the sexes . In both sexes, the head, neck, throat, chest, and stomach are orange. The upper back, the wings and the control feathers are brown. The turquoise rump stands out clearly . Typical of the genus ( Pelargopsis ) is the long stork-like beak, as shown by the Storchschnabelliest ( Pelargopsis capensis ). The beak of the brown-winged lair is red, blackish towards the tip. The iris is dark brown, legs and feet are reddish and have black claws .
Vocalizations
The utterances of the Braunflügelliest consist essentially of a series of glaring, chatter-sounding and often repeated "chak-chak-chak-chak-chak" calls.
distribution and habitat
The brown-winged bird is found in the coastal areas of Bangladesh , India (West Bengal), Malaysia , Myanmar and Thailand . He prefers to colonize mangrove forests and woody river mouths.
Way of life
The birds feed primarily on crustaceans (Crustacea) and fish. Crabs are either dug out of the mud or caught at low tide when walking across a mud bank. Fish are captured by immersion in the water. Large prey are killed or stunned by hitting the branch on a hide, usually a branch above the water, and are brought into a convenient position for easy swallowing. A nest is built by digging a tunnel in earth walls. The dimensions of such a tunnel are: 10 cm wide, 30 to 60 cm long with a chamber 20 cm in diameter at the end. A clutch consists of three to four eggs. Further details on breeding behavior have yet to be researched.
Danger
The brown-winged bird is usually not uncommon in its distribution areas, due to the decline in its main habitat, the mangrove forests, it is classified by the IUCN as 
" near threatened ".
literature
- Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal : Handbook of the Birds of the World, Mousebirds to Hornbills. Volume 6, Lynx Edicions, 2001, ISBN 84-87334-30-X , p. 206.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c PF Woodall: Brown-winged Kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie, E. de Juana (Eds.): Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2016. ( accessed August 27, 2016 from hbw.com )
- ↑ dissemination
- ^ IUCN Red List
Web links
- Brown-winged liest (Pelargopsis amauroptera) in the Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved August 11, 2017.