Tuesday, January 24, 2017

PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON...OBSERVE THE BIRDS AND RECOGNIZE...GREATER RUFOUS HEADED PARROTBILL

GREATER RUFOUS-HEADED PARROTBILL (Psittiparus bakeri) is a parrotbill often placed with the Old World babblers (family Timaliidae) or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is was formerly considered conspecific with the White-breasted Parrotbill (P. ruficeps).

Feeds on insects and seeds, takes also berries.
Usually seen in pairs or small groups of 4 to 6 birds, often with 
White-hooded Babbler and Collared Babbler in bird waves.
Breeding season from April to October in India. The nest is a compact cup made of grass strips and cobwebs. It's placed 1 - 2m above the ground in a sapling, among reeds or bamboo. Lays 2 - 4 eggs.
Resident species.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]

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