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45 cm in length.
About the length of Common Coucal, but more
slender built and with, proportionally, a much longer tail. Sexes alike, except that the
female has white irises-those of the male being brown. This handsome bird cannot mistaken
for any other species on the Sri Lankan list.
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It inhabits tall forest,
and lives either solitary, in pairs, or in small flocks. It is shy and restless, a dweller
in the tree canopy, where, like the last species, it cleverly threads its way through
tangled twigs, creepers and foliage.
The breeding season is
in the first half of the year and probably again in August-September. The nest is
described as a shallow saucer of grass, roots and twigs, very carelessly put together, and
placed in high bushes in forest with thick undergrowth. The two or three eggs are white,
with a chalky surface, and they measure about 35.8 X 27 mm. |
