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Black-naped Monarch

Hypothymis azurea

Description:

Common breeding resident in forests and adjoining well wooded home gardens of lowlands and hills up to 1700m a.s.l., while more frequent in the wet zone and riverine habitats of the dry zone. It feeds on flying insects in usual flycatcher habits and constantly travels about in the canopy solitary or in pairs. The breeding season is from March to May and, the nest a small deep cup placed in a fork of small sapling few feet from the ground to higher levels of the canopy

Habitat:

Rain Forest

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NuwanChathuranga
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NuwanChathuranga

Galle, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Oct 20, 2013
Submitted on Oct 21, 2013

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