Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhipiduridae
Genus: Rhipidura
Species: R. javanica
Binomial name Rhipidura javanica
(Sparrman, 1788)
Main features: Small (18cm); dark plumage; long broad tail which it often fans out. Genders look alike.
Adult: Narrow black breast band contrasting with white throat and whitish belly. Upperparts dark/slaty grey; tail black tipped with white; eyebrow white.
Female: Rusty brown rump, upper tail [...]
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Orthotomus
Species: O. sutorius
Binomial name Orthotomus sutorius
(Pennant, 1769)
The Common Tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius, is an Old World warbler. This tailorbird is a resident breeder in tropical south Asia from Pakistan and India to south China, and Indonesia.
Main features: Small (12cm); upperparts olive, underparts creamy buff; bill long; thighs rufous; legs long; [...]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: M. viridis
Binomial name: Merops viridis
Linnaeus, 1758
Main features: Small (27-28cm), chocolate head, nape and upper back contrasts with blue throat; long central tail streamers (9cm). Genders look alike.
Juvenile: Duller; chocolate cap replaced by green; throat green rather than blue; lacks elongated central feathers.
Call: Described as a liquid be-rek, be-rek; [...]
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