Grey Headed Canary Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Description

Culicicapa ceylonensis is a species of small flycatcher-like bird found in tropical Asia. the body of this bird is small, about 12-13 cm. Head and chest feathers are gray, and slightly crested. Upper body olive and lower part yellow. The irises are brown, the upper beak is black, the lower beak is gray, and the legs are yellowish brown.

Population Size

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Life Span

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WEIGHT​

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LENGTH

12 – 13 cm

Ar

Arboreal

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Stenostiridae

GENUS

:

Culicicapa

SPECIES

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Culicicapa ceylonensis

Distribution

Culicicapa ceylonensis has a forest habitat, usually easily found in lowland forests, mountain forests, and spread to an altitude of 2,200 m above sea level.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Culicicapa ceylonensis is very widespread, namely in India, southern China, Southeast Asia, the Malay Peninsula, Greater Sunda, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara.

Habits and Lifestyle

In the forest this bird usually lives in the lower canopy of trees, is very active and noisy, flying from branch to branch. Often joins other birds in mixed-species foraging groups.

Lifestyle

Arboreal and diurnal

Biome

Forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

When looking for food, this bird is very active like a flytrap and perches in a very upright posture, is an insectivorous, eats beetles, bees, flies, butterflies, small insects.

Diet : Insektivora

Mating Habits

This bird makes a sac-shaped nest of moss, hanging and hidden in the epiphytic moss, 2-3 meters near the ground. Eggs are white, mottled with gray and brown, the number of 3 eggs. Breeding in July.

Reproduction session : Juli

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 3 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

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DD

LC

NT

VU

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CR

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Population number​

This bird is very widespread and is classified as least concern / low risk on the IUCN red list

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Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Grey Headed Canary Flycatcher on Wikipedia article