Natewa Silktail
Lamprolia klinesmithi
Small and stub-tailed, appearing mostly dark. Shows vivid electric blue speckling on chest, back, and head, brilliant blue in direct light. Shocking pure white rump and upper tail are diagnostic and obvious. Reliant on primary forest. Voice mostly unknown, but quiet raspy short notes reported.
识别特征
The silktail is a small black bird, measuring around 10 centimetres (3.9 in) and weighing 10 to 12.5 g (0.35–0.44 oz). It is a small, dumpy bird with long rounded wings, and a short rounded tail. The plumage of the male is velvet black with metallic blue iridescent spangling on the crown and breast, and silky white lower-back patch that travels most of the length down the tail. The margin of the tail is black, sometimes this tip has the same iridescence as other parts of the body. The female is similar to the male, except less glossy, and immature birds are duller than the adults and may have buffy rumps and backs. The irises of this species are dark, and the legs and bill are blackish. The bill is heavy and slightly hooked at the end. The legs are long and the feet strong. It is smaller than the Taveuni silktail and has more iridescence plumage.
分类信息
Genus: Lamprolia; Family: Rhipiduridae; Order: Passeriformes.
- 学名
- Lamprolia klinesmithi
- 命名信息
- Ramsay, EP, 1876
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Rhipiduridae
- 属
- Lamprolia
分布与栖息地
The silktail is endemic to forests of Vanua Levu in Fiji, where it only occurs in the east of the island on the Natewa Peninsula. It occurs in mature wet rainforests, as well as forest patches, and is also found in human-modified habitats such as logged forests and in plantations near patches of natural forest.
- 迁徙
- Resident species
行为
Migration pattern: Resident species.
保护状况
Population trend: declining.
- 种群趋势
- declining
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