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 LC    Crimson Chat* Id (Atlas):
    Epthianura tricolor

Description (10)
Image of Crimson Chat (Female)
 

Other Names (World)
Crimson Chat, Crimson-fronted Chat, Crimson-breasted Nun, Red-breasted Chat, Red-capped Chat, Tricolor Chat, Tricolour Chat, Crimson Tang, Saltbush Canary, Red Canary

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1841

Derivation
Ep-thi'-an-u-ra - Gk, pthianas, decreasing, wasting; Gk, oura, tail (referring to the shortness of the tail): trï-col-or - L., three-colored

Habitat
Open country with plenty of low bushes.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Crimson Chat
Australia, mainly in interior, with few records from northern tropics.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
In pairs or flocks.

Food
Mostly insects. Occasionally nectar or seeds.

Voice
A high-pitched, ''seee'. A soft, 'dik-it dik-it', a brisk, 'check check'. Also rattles and trills.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

 
Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor) [XC594049]
     by Marc Anderson from Mount Wood Homestead area, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia (song)

 
Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor) [XC600329]
     by Marc Anderson from Paroo Darling National Park, New South Wales, Australia (call, song)

Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of grass and fine rootlets, lined with finer materials, in a low bush or tall grass.

Eggs (Guide)
3 or 4; white, spotted with red-back, purplish and grey, particularly at the larger end; oval; about 17 x 14 mm. Incubation: 12 days; by both sexes.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 14 days.

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


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