Red dune

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Red dune
Red chalk (Monticola imerina), male

Red chalk ( Monticola imerina ), male

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Family : Flycatcher (Muscicapidae)
Subfamily : Schmätzer (Saxicolinae)
Genre : Monticola
Type : Red dune
Scientific name
Monticola imerina
( Hartlaub , 1860)
Red dune, male in anacoa
Red dune, female

The Dünenrötel ( Monticola Imerina ) is endemic to Madagascar occurring bird from the family of flycatchers (Muscicapidae).

features

Dune red chalk reach a body length of 16 centimeters. There is a clear sexual dimorphism between the sexes . The males are predominantly colored slate gray. The chest, abdomen and flanks are orange-red. The females show a dull gray in the areas colored slate gray in the male; The chest, belly and flanks are white-gray to cream-colored and slightly brownish, the control feathers are dark gray-brown, the rump is pale orange-red.

Similar species

Is very similar to the Dünenrötel Madagaskarrötel ( Monticola sharpei ). The males of this species differ by a blue-gray colored head. In both sexes, the underside is more strongly drawn and the control feathers are partly orange-red.

distribution and habitat

The distribution area of ​​the red dune covers the southern and southwestern coastal strip on Madagascar. It occurs there preferentially in dune and steppe areas.

Way of life

The birds feed on various berries, fruits and insects that are primarily sought on the ground. The main breeding season falls from October to February. The cup-shaped nest is made of dry grass, lichens, moss, feathers, snake skins and animal hair and is placed under a leafy branch at a height of between 1.5 and 3.0 meters above the ground and is usually equipped with three turquoise eggs. A nestling time of 18 days was recorded in captivity. Detailed information on the breeding behavior has yet to be determined.

Danger

The red chalk is not uncommon in Madagascar in its areas of distribution and is therefore classified as LC IUCN 3 1st svg" least concern" by the World Conservation Organization IUCN .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c N. Collar: Littoral Rock-thrush (Monticola imerinus). 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 2017. (accessed at http://www.hbw.com/node/58405 on March 21, 2017).
  2. ↑ occurrence
  3. ^ IUCN Red List

literature

  • Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, David A. Christie: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2006, ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4 .

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