Drop reads
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Droplet reads ( Actenoides lindsayi ), male |
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The teardrop ( Actenoides lindsayi ) is a bird of the kingfishers family endemic to the Philippines .
description
Appearance
Adult droplets reach a length of approx. 26 centimeters. There is weak sexual dimorphism between the sexes . In the males, the top of the head is green with a bluish colored over-eye stripe underneath and a black eye-stripe. The cheeks, throat and collar are colored orange-brown. A blue streak of beard is striking. It is named after the drop-shaped spots on the chest and stomach, which are alternately black and white. All of the rest of the plumage is olive-green to brown-green in color and interspersed with small light spots. The females show similar drawing patterns as the males. However, they are missing the orange brown and blue drawing elements. In both sexes, the upper beak is bluish-gray, the lower beak a yellowish color. The iris is black-brown. Legs and feet are yellow-green.
Vocalizations
The vocalizations of the drop-reading can usually be heard before dawn as a sequence of initially rising and then falling whistling tones, the sequence of which lasts about six to nine seconds.
distribution and habitat
In the Philippines, the droplet prefers to live in mountain rainforests, sometimes near forest streams, generally below 1200 meters. At times he was also seen in the thick undergrowth in gardens.
Subspecies
In addition to the nominate form Actenoides lindsayi lindsayi , which occurs in the north of the Philippines, another subspecies is known:
Way of life
The birds feed primarily on beetles and snails , and occasionally also on small vertebrates . Males with enlarged gonads and females with eggs in their fallopian tubes have been documented in March, April and May. Nest holes are sometimes dug in tree-like termite mounds . Further details on the way of life and breeding behavior have yet to be researched.
Danger
The droplet is not uncommon in its areas of distribution and is therefore classified by the IUCN as a 
“ least concern ”.
literature
- Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Mousebirds to Hornbills. Volume 6, Lynx Edicions, 2001, ISBN 978-84-87334-30-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c PF Woodall: Spotted Kingfisher (Actenoides lindsayi). 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 24, 2016 from hbw.com )
- ^ IOC World Bird List Rollers, ground rollers & kingfishers
- ^ IUCN Red List
Web links
- Drop reads (Actenoides lindsayi) in the Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved August 11, 2017.