Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Green Backed Twinspot - Mandingoa nitidula

Description
Size: 4-4.25"
Male: bright red from bill to eye; orange chin, bright olive-green breast and upperparts.
Female: pale yellow from bill to eye; greenish-olive throat and breast.
Juvenile: pale buff from bill to eye; gray-green upperparts, green wings and tail.
Call: is a chirping or squeaky 'tzeeet' or 'tseeeht', also various other short 'tak' or 'tek' notes. Alarm call: 'tsit-tsit' nte, occasionally followed by 'terr'.
Song: is a subdued series of trill intespersed with whistling and call notes.

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