Lesser Cucko Shrike

Lalage fimbriata

Description

Lalage fimbriata are smaller (20 cm) and sex dimorphic. Males are dark gray, paler below with black tail and wings and a blackish head. The female is paler with a pale border on the underside. light brown with a gray and white border over a white body. Beak and legs black, iris brown.

Population Size

-

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

20 cm

Ar

Arboreal

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Campephagidae

GENUS

:

Lalage

SPECIES

:

Lalage fimbriata

Distribution

Found in lowland forests up to an altitude of 1500 mdpl.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Peninsular Malaysia, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Habits and Lifestyle

Alone or in pairs and often in mixed flocks.

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

Lowland forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

The main food is small insects, such as: spiders, ants, caterpillars, and beetles.

Diet : Insectivora

Mating Habits

The breeding season is recorded in April, May, June. and lay 2 eggs.

Reproduction session : April, May, June

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 2 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.