His Coat Of Glittering Green Is Graphically Enhanced By His Furiously Fiery Tail As He Flashes About Wherever He Goes!
A bright green bird with a black flecked cap and a furiously fiery red tail that he flashes about wherever he goes.
Meet the Fire-tailed myzornis
The fire-tailed myzornis or is (Myzornis pyrrhoura), is a bird species in the genus Myzornis. The genus Myzornis is monotypic and has recently been placed in the Paradoxornithidae family. A small bird at only 4.3 to 5.1 inches, this warbler has bright green plumage wearing a black mask around the eyes and black scalloping on the crown. The wings are black and white with a streak of red along with fiery red on the tail.
The bill is long and slightly curved down.
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The female is quite similar to the male, though she is somewhat duller in appearance.
Fire-tailed Myzornis are found in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, China, and Nepal.
Common through the upper ridges of the Sikkim and Arunachal Himalayas these birds can be found between 9,000 to 13,000 feet. Like sunbirds, they are capable of sustained stationary hovering flight.
Fire-tailed Myzornis like to dine on insects, spiders, berries, and flower nectar. They can sometimes be seen running up moss-covered tree trunks looking for prey.
During the breeding season, usually around April to May, both males and females make equal contributions to the breeding process. Both building the nest, incubating, brooding, feeding, and keeping the nest clean. The nest itself is made of moss, built 1 to 6m above the ground on a rock face or trunk.
This species has an extensive range and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion. The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable.
For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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