Shining Flycatcher
UncommonGBIF 28.1·Dongniao Rarity Index8.53
英文名：Shining Flycatcher（学名：Myiagra alecto），是雀形目王鹟科阔嘴鹟属的鸟类。雄鸟全身呈现亮丽的蓝黑色光泽，雌鸟上部为深栗色，下部为白色，头顶部和脸部为黑色。常见于热带低地的沼泽森林、森林边缘、红树林、溪边植被、季雨林和沿海灌木丛，通常靠近水源，偶尔也会造访雨林和季雨林的斑块。广泛分布在澳新界的印尼摩鹿加群岛北部至俾斯麦群岛和澳大利亚北部、东部。
Shining Flycatcher
17-19 cm. Male: entirely glossy jet-black. Female: crown/nape glossy black, rest of upperparts rich chestnut; underparts white. Immature: like dull female. Singles, pairs, small autumn-winter flocks: vivacious, raises crown feathers in low crest, flicks tail upward. Moves very fast, darts at prey on leaves or mud. Male shyer than female; quickly vanishes.
- Voice
- amazing repertoire, from pretty whistlings to croakings: deep, froglike 'zhip, zhip, zhipipipip'; soft, rippling, Whimbrel-like trill and shrill, rising trill.
- Habitat
- dense mangroves, pockets of rainforest, paperbarks, pandanus, adjacent eucalypt woodlands, usually near/over water.
- Breeding
- Aug.-March.
- Nest
- deep, closely woven cup of strips or rough pieces of bark, spiders' web; deep in fork, over water, sheltered by leaves; 1-6 m high.
- Eggs
- 2-3; glossy, blue-white/green-white, with minute spots, blotched brown, underlying lilac-grey in zone around large end.
- Range & Status
- coastal n. and ne. Aust. and islands: from Broome (WA) (possibly with gap on Gulf coast) to C. York Pen. (Q), s. to Fraser I.-Noosa R.; casual s. to Tweed R. and nearby tidal areas (NSW). Extends inland on watercourses, e.g. S. Alligator R. near Kakadu NP (NT). Common in n. Aust., scarce to rare s. of Herbert R. (Q). Also Bismarck Arch., PNG and islands, Aru Is., e. Indonesia.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Myiagra alecto melvillensis 2. Myiagra alecto wardelli
