Stats

Lifespan: 2-5 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pair
Biome: Tropical grassland
Range: South and Southeast Asia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Uncommon

About

A small perching bird of open country across South and Southeast Asia, the male is a striking contrast of jet-black plumage and crisp white belly and wing-covert patch. It habitually bobs its tail and flicks its wings from a prominent perch, scanning the ground below for insects.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Saxicola
Species: Saxicola caprata