Culicicapa ceylonensis calochrysea (*) Cladus: Eukaryota Name Culicicapa ceylonensis (Swainson, 1820) Vernacular names Reference Zoological Illustrations 1 pl.13,text ---------- The Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis, is a small passerine bird. Formerly considered part of the "Old World flycatcher" assemblage and placed in the family Muscicapidae, but it is considered by others as part of the Stenostiridae. These are "flycatchers" closely related to titmice and chickadees (Paridae) [1] This species which breeds in in upland to montane oak (Quercus) and other broadleaved forests and similar wooded areas in temperate to tropical southern Asia, from Pakistan, Central India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and southern China. Many populations are resident, but Himalayan birds are short-distance altitudinal migrants. In Bhutan for example, the species is not uncommon all year round, and can be found up to and above 2,000 meters ASL. Birds from high montane forest stay at lower altitudes for the winter, during which time the species is decidedly common in Bhutan. They are also found as winter migrants in the Western Ghats and parts of southern India.[3] The Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher is an insectivore, which in its acrobatic, inquisitive hunt for prey reminds of its relatives in the Paridae. It breeds. The nest is built on a rock ledge or in a tree trunk, and the clutch is three or four eggs. A juvenile of the Chinese subspecies calochrysea was collected at Mouping in today's Baoxing County in Sichuan in early September.[4] Not uncommon and found across a wide range, this bird is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[5] Footnotes 1. ^ Barker et al. (2004), Beresford et al. (2005)
* Bangs, Outram (1932): Birds of western China obtained by the Kelley-Roosevelts expedition. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 18(11): 343-379. Fulltext at the Internet Archive Source: Wikispecies, Wikipedia: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
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