Red-headed easel tail
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Red-headed easel tail ( Clytomyias insignis ) |
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The red-headed easel tail ( Clytomyias insignis ) is a songbird endemic to New Guinea and is the only species of the genus Clytomyias .
features
The red-headed easel tail, up to 15 cm long and weighing up to 14 g, has a large head and a long, mostly stilted tail. The plumage is reddish-brown on the back and wings, golden or yellow-brown on the throat and chest and orange on the head.
Occurrence
The red-headed easel tail lives in the damp mountain rainforests of New Guinea at an altitude of 2000 to 3000 m.
behavior
The red-headed easel tail lives in groups of up to ten animals and makes a lot of noise when foraging because they communicate with each other almost non-stop. The diet consists of small insects, spiders and other invertebrates that are picked from leaves or the ground.
Reproduction
An oval or round nest of leaves and grass is built in a bush or in low vegetation. The female incubates two to four eggs alone or together with the male. Non-breeding members of the group help raise the young birds.
literature
- Colin Harrison, Alan Greensmith: Birds. Dorling Kindersly Limited, London 1993, 2000, ISBN 3-8310-0785-3 .
- Bryan Richard: Birds. Parragon, Bath, ISBN 1-4054-5506-3 .
Web links
- English website
- Illustration
- Clytomyias insignis inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
