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| Philippine Leafbird (Chloropsis flavipennis) |
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Discoverer: Tweedale, 1878 Category: ENDANGERED Status: Endemic Habitat/Distribution: Leyte, Mindanao, Cebu (probably extinct or nearly so) Habitat / Behavior: L- 7 1/2"; Very difficult to see in forest and forest edge; from lowlands up to 1500m, single or in pairs. Usually located first by it's call in the upper canopy. Reported to breed in June and August.
Call is a loud 2-note whistle chick weeeep apause between notes, lasting
about 1 sec and repeated every 2 or more sec. Also a 3-note whistle
chick-ur-treet with a slightly faster rhythm than the familiar Halloween
saying "tric kor treat" (RSK: R. Kennedy recording) Photograph Information: courtesy of the OBC [left]. Courtesy of the Oxford University Press. Drawing done by Melinda Johns Bitting taken from "A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines" by Dr. Robert Kennedy et al.[right] |
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