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Serilophus lunatus

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Serilophus lunatus Life habits and morphological characteristics

The base of the male's forehead is white, gradually turning to light blue-gray toward the forehead. The top of the head and pillow are grey-brown. A broad black eyebrow line extends from the eyes to both sides of the back of the neck. The upper back and shoulders are smoky gray-brown with a hint of blue or rust. The lower back, waist and tail coverts gradually turn from brown-red to maroon. The tail is black and convex, with two pairs of central tail feathers pure black, and the remaining tail feathers have wide white end spots. The two wing coverts are black, the wing edges are white, and the wing corners are stained with light blue-gray. The outer part of the first primary flight feather is black, the innermost two pairs of flight feathers are maroon, the base of the outer part is bright blue, the base of the inner part is white, the rest of the flight feathers are black, the middle part is blue, and the inner part is white; the outer primary flight feathers The ends of the oute

Serilophus lunatus Distribution range and habitat

Distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.
Silver-breasted Silky-crowned Bird is a tropical forest bird that lives in tropical and subtropical mountain forests, mostly below 1,500 meters above sea level. It also lives on small trees or shrubs at the edge of the forest, by the stream, and sometimes on banyan trees and small trees near villages or in the field area.

Serilophus lunatus Detailed Introduction

Silver-breasted Broadbill, also known as Silver-breasted Broadbill, has 10 subspecies.

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Silver-breasted Broadbill often moves in small groups, especially groups of 10-20 or more. They often move under the canopy. It likes to stay still, is not good at jumping and singing, and its singing sound is low and weak, like "chi...chi...". It is not very afraid of people, and is slow to react to gunshots. Sometimes it will not fly away even after multiple gunshots to collect specimens. It is a resident bird and does not migrate.

The Silver-breasted Silk-crowned Bird is a tropical forest bird that mainly feeds on insects, especially stink bugs, beetles, locusts, weevils, longhorn beetles and other insects of the Coleoptera, Orthoptera, and Hemiptera. It also has a high appearance rate. In addition, it eats spiders, small snails and other small invertebrates, and occasionally eats plant food such as fruits. It has a strong team spirit. When one bird is caught in a net, the rest of the birds will hover nearby, trying to rescue their companions, and the result is often that the entire flock of birds is captured.

Silver-breasted Silk-crowned Bird usually nests in low trees or shrubs by the stream in the forest. The nest is made of grass stems and thin grass leaves, with leaves or bamboo leaves as padding. The nest is bag-shaped with holes on the side, and is often suspended at the end of a twig. Each nest lays 4-5 eggs. The eggs are white with reddish-brown spots, especially at the blunt end. The male and female take turns incubating the eggs, and the chicks mature late.


Listed in the "Red List of Threatened Species of the World Conservation Union" (IUCN) 2016 ver 3.1-Least Concern (LC).

Listed in China's "National Key Protected Wildlife List" (February 5, 2021) Level 2.


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