Mustache lazy bird
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Mustache lazy bird ( Malacoptila mystacalis ) |
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The mustache lazy bird ( Malacoptila mystacalis ) is a species of bird from the family of lazy birds (Bucconidae). This species has a large range that includes the South American countries Venezuela and Colombia . The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern .
features
The mustache lazy bird reaches a body length of about 22 centimeters with a weight of about 50 grams. The beak is blue-gray. The ridge and the tip of the beak are dark. The eyes are red-orange. The brown upper side shows light yellow-brown speckles on the back and on the wings. The elongated forehead feather, which is normally laid on, but occasionally also erect, the area between the beak and eyes, the cheeks and the tufts of beard are white. The rest of the head is cinnamon brown. The throat and the enlarged chest band are orange-brown. The rest of the underside is a cloudy white with brown stripes.
distribution and habitat
The species lives in damp, damp and wet mountain foothills and mountain forests at altitudes between 400 and 2000 meters. You can discover it in the dense, wild cloud forest as well as at the forest edges. In Venezuela it occurs in the Sierra de Perijá in the state of Zulia , occasionally in the Andes Táchiras , in the west of Méridas , from the northwest of Barina to the southeast of Lara . It can also be found in the Yaracuys Mountains and the Cordilleras from Carabobo to the Dependencias Federales and the southeast of Miranda . In Colombia it occurs on the Pacific slopes of the San Juan River near the 3950 meter high Cerro Tatamá as far as the Departamento de Nariño . Other areas of distribution are the eastern slopes of the West Andes Antioquias , both slopes of the central Andes of Quindíos , the East Cundinamarcas , the Serranía de la Macarena , the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Colombian part of the Sierra de Perijá.
behavior
The bird usually sits quietly in pairs for a long time on branches that are between 1 and 7 meters above the ground. They always keep a certain spatial distance from one another. You seem very lethargic, almost tame to the touch. In doing so, they carefully observe their surroundings. After long periods of rest, they occasionally break up to take in food and fluids. The food consists of relatively large insects and small vertebrates in relation to their bodies. After eating, they often return to their ancestral place. Occasionally it attacks swarms of ants or joins other flocks of birds. He builds his nest in caves that are on embankments or slopes. In front of the entrance they build small wreaths of sticks to protect them.
Subspecies
Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee wrote in 1949 in Caldasia Vol. 5 No. 23 described a subspecies called Malacoptila mystacalis pacifica . This subspecies is generally considered an invalid taxon . Thus, the species is considered monotypical .
literature
- Steven L. Hilty , William L. Brown: A Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Princeton University Press, 1986, p. 317, ISBN 978-0691083728 .
- Steven L. Hilty, John A. Gwynne, Guy Tudor : Birds of Venezuela. Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0691092508 , p. 452.
Web links
- Internet Bird Collection Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis ) Pictures and videos
- Avibase Mustache Lazy Bird (Malacoptila mystacalis) pictures and other information
- Antpitta Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mystacalis (Eng.) (Pictures)
- xeno-canto: sound recordings - Malacoptila mystacalis
Individual evidence
- ↑ Malacoptila mystacalis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2010.