Lemon-bellied Flyrobin

Lemon-bellied Flyrobin

UncommonGBIF 28.2·Dongniao Rarity Index8.95

Microeca flavigaster· 鸲鹟科· Passeriformes

英文名:Lemon-bellied Flyrobin(学名:Microeca flavigaster),是雀形目鸲鹟科小鹟属的小型鸟类。其特征为上体橄榄褐色,下体柠檬黄色,喉部白色。广泛分布于澳大利亚北部、新几内亚及印尼部分地区。

Species Profile

IOC World Bird List

Lemon-bellied Flyrobin

Microeca flavigaster· Australasian Robins

Microeca flavigaster includes

Microeca flavigaster tormenti.

12.5-14 cm. Bill dark grey; lores, slight eye-ring and throat whitish; upperparts dull olive; underparts washed lemon; tail lightly forked; legs dark grey. Immature: browner, streaked paler, mottled darker. Singles, pairs: perches on dead trees, phone wires; sallies high after insects; forages in canopy, flirts tail; hovers over foliage, grasses. High, circling song-flight. Race tormenti 'Kimberley' or 'Brown-tailed Flycatcher': grey-brown; wing-coverts/rump washed olive-green; underparts grey-white, washed buff-grey; tail brown, white spot on each outer tail feather.

Other name
Lemon-breasted Flycatcher; Kimberley or Brown-tailed Flycatcher
Similar Species
Yellow-legged Flycatcher, Grey Whistler.
Voice
sweet, clear; loudest at dawn: brisk 'quick, quick, come with me, Tito', or 'Do be sweet, to Cynthia'; bouncing 'chauncey-chauncey chew!'
Habitat
eucalypt woodland, pandanus, by water; edges of rainforest, monsoon forest; mangroves, watercourse-vegetation, parks, gardens.
Breeding
Aug.-March.
Nest
smallest Aust. nest; tiny shallow cup of bark fibre, spiders' web.
Eggs
1; pale blue, finely spotted purplish red.
Range & Status
coastal n. Aust. and islands, from w. Kimberley (WA) to ce. Q. Race tormenti: w. Kimberley. Race flavigaster: e. from c. Ord R. (WA), Top End (NT), s. to c. Elsey-Gulf coast (NT/Q). Race flavissima: C. York Pen. (Q), s. on e. coast to c. Broad Sound (Q). Locally common; scarce above 550 m. Sedentary. Also PNG.
Distribution key to races
1. Microeca flavigaster tormenti 2. Microeca flavigaster flavigaster 3. Microeca flavigaster flavissima 4. Microeca flavigaster laetissima