Blue Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
A medium-sized, long-tailed, ground-dwelling bird of lowland forest. Overall deep blue color with a white throat and upper chest, bordered with a broad black band across the chest, up through the eye to the bill. Female has a narrow white eyebrow. Usually separated by elevation from Chestnut-backed and geographically from Dimorphic, with a slight potential overlap, but Blue has a blue back and crown. Song, a slowly repeated, high-pitch whistle followed by an explosive descending “chew”.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
- Authority
- (Temminck, 1836)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Psophodidae
- Genus
- Ptilorrhoa
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
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