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Ambrosia

Lesser Goldenback, বাংলা কাঠঠোকরা

Dinopium benghalense

26–29 cm

Widespread resident. ID: Best told by combination of black lower back and rump, different head pattern (has white-spotted black throat and black stripe through eye, but lacks moustachial stripe), barred primaries, and (variable) white or buff spotting on blackish lesser wing-coverts. Further, female has red hind crown and crest. D. b. psarodes (Sri Lanka) has crimson upperparts. Voice: Single strident klerk and a whinnying kyi-kyi-kyi. HH: Light forest, plantations, groves and trees in open country. AN: Black-rumped Flameback.

Source: Helm Field Guides

 

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Uploaded on February 14, 2016
Taken on February 12, 2016