Firethroat

The David Nightingale (Luscinia pectardens ) is a Singvogelart of the subfamily of Schmätzer ( Saxicolinae ) within the family of flycatchers ( Muscicapidae ). It is named after the French Vincentians and naturalist Armand David, who has described it first.

Features

The David Nightingale reaches a body length of 14.5 cm. In the male, the top is slate brown. The wings and tail are dark brown. The top and sides of neck are black. On the neck is laterally over the shoulders a whitish spot. About throat and chest center extends a striking, bright orange to fiery red lot from which the English name derives Fire Throat. The belly is dirty white. The basal half of the tail has white outer edges. The top of the female is brown. For him, the white tail outer edges missing. The underside is ocher in color with a white belly center. Juvenile birds are mottled dark gray. The white tail sides of the adult birds are missing. The iris is dark brown, the beak is black and the feet are brownish pink.

Vocalizations

The long-running singing ( Sample, MP3, 678 kB) is loud, looks lovely and varies with each sound that is repeated several times. Sometimes the phrases of other bird species are mimicked and interspersed with harsh tones. The alarm call is a guttural tok.

Distribution area

The breeding areas are located in western Sichuan ( Emei Shan, Baoxing, Kanding, Moawen, Wenchuan ), Yunnan ( Lijiang ) and southeastern Tibet. As overwinterers was the way in the northeastern India ( Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya ), established in Bangladesh and northeastern Myanmar.

Habitat and behavior

The habitat is dense montane scrub and bamboo forests at altitudes between 2800-3700 m in valley bottoms and along river banks. The lifestyle is very little research. The species is very secretly, so it is difficult to observe them. The food of David Nightingale consists of arthropods, she seeks on the forest floor. Typical is a common spreading of the tail.

Status

BirdLife International has set the way to the " early warning " ( near threatened ). Currently, the population is estimated at 10,000 to 20,000 adult birds and the only currently known breeding area is located in the Wolong Biosphere Reserve in Sichuan. The main danger lies in Urache deforestation and increasing land use in both the breeding and wintering areas in the.