Rufous‑breasted Bush-robin Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Myiomela leucura
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Rufous-breasted Bush Robin is a small passrine whose male and female are strikingly different (length 12 cm, weight 12 g, wing 8 cm, bill 1 cm, tarsus 2.5 cm, tail 5.5 cm approximately). The male looks deep blue from above and rufous-orange from below except for a few details. Its supercilium, lesser coverts and uppertail-coverts glisten with blue. It has white vent and undertail-covert. The female looks olive-brown from above and orange-buff from below. It has slaty-blue rump and uppertail-coverts and blackish edge to the deep blue tail. Its throat, breast and flanks are orange-buff and the central belly and undertail-covert are buffish-white. It feeds chiefly on insects. It breeds in March-May.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Saxicola caprata
(Pied Bushchat) -
Turdus eunomus
(Black- (Dark‑) throated Thrush) -
Tarsiger indicus
(Slaty‑backed Forktail) -
Enicurus immaculatus
(White‑crowned Forktail) -
Tarsiger rufilatus
(White-browed Bush-robin) -
Zoothera marginata
(Long‑billed Thrush) -
Oenanthe deserti
(Asian Fairy Bluebird) -
Saxicola insignis
(White-throated (Hodgson’s) Bushchat) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush) -
Cochoa purpurea
(Orange‑headed Thrush)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Markus Lilje (www.inaturalist.org/people/Markus Lilje ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;David Edwardsmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Markus Lilje (www.inaturalist.org/people/Markus Lilje ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;David Edwardsmore information, please contact us.