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20 cm in length.
Head and
neck is black in color. Shoulder, dorsal area and breast are dark blue.
Bright blue shoulder patch can be seen in male. Flight feathers rump, main
tail are blackish brown. Beak and feet are black, Iris is brown & Belly is
brown
Female
is more browner. Her shoulder
patch is pale. The plumage of immature bird is more brown with
little blue.
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This bird is very shy.
They prefer thick under growths. Sometimes it comes out. It can be seen
hunting or singing on sticks or rocks beside streams. They prey on
creatures like insects, geckos.
The breeding season lies from March to May. But the April is more
important. They make the nest on banks or on branches of
5-10 feet tall tree.
The neat is cup shaped. The
“Varalla” and ferns are used as main building materials. Inside the
nest is made out of
dead leaves. About two white color eggs with pale and
red brown colored patches and
strips are laid at a time. But most of the time only one offspring is
born. Hatching is done by female, but the feeding is done by both male and
female.
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