fire-tailed myzornis
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| image = Fire-tailed Myzornis Old Silk Route, Sikkim, India 17 April 2015.jpg
| image_caption = Male from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Myzornis
| parent_authority = Blyth, 1843
| species = pyrrhoura
| authority = Blyth, 1843
| synonyms =
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The fire-tailed myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura) is a species of bird. Its genus Myzornis is monotypic, and has recently been placed in the family Paradoxornithidae.{{cite journal|last=Gelang|first=Magnus|author2=Alice Cibois |author3=Eric Pasquet |author4=Urban Olsson |author5=Per Alström |author6=Per G. P. Ericson |title=Phylogeny of babblers (Aves, Passeriformes): major lineages, family limits and classification|journal=Zoologica Scripta|year=2009|volume=38|issue=3|pages=225–236|doi=10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00374.x|s2cid=21691730}}
Description
The fire-tailed myzornis is a small species of warbler, {{convert|11|to(-)|13|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and weighing {{convert|10|-|13|g|abbr=on}}. It has bright green plumage with a black mask around the eyes and black scalloping on the {{birdgloss|crown}}. The wing is black and white with a streak of bright red and the sides of the tail are red too. The bill is long, slightly curved and black.Collar, N. & Robson, C. (2017). Fire-tailed Myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/59675 on 14 June 2017).
Distribution and habitat
The species is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is a common species in the upper ridges of the Sikkim and Arunachal Himalayas; mostly between 9,000 ft and 13,000 ft according to climatic conditions and seasonal variation. It prefers bamboo thickets, Rhododendron shrubs, birches, and junipers. There is some seasonal movement, the bird descending to lower altitudes in autumn.
Ecology
Gallery
File:Fire-tailed Myzornis On Bamboo Strand Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 14.05.2016.jpg|Bamboo stalks
File:Fire-tailed Myzornis On Rhododendron Flowering Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 18.04.2016.jpg|Rhododendron
File:Fire-tailed Myzornis On Himalayan Birch Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 05.05.2016.jpg|Birch
File:Myzornis pyrrhoura -Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India -male-8.jpg|Oak
File:Fire-tailed Myzornis Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 06.04.2016.jpg|Rhododendron
File:Fire tailed myzornis.jpg|Fire-tailed myzornis sunbathing beside Dirang Mandala Road at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary
References
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Further reading
{{cite book|last1=Collar|first1=N. J.|last2=Robson|first2=C.|year=2007|chapter=Family Timaliidae (Babblers)|editor=del Hoyo, J.|editor2=Elliott, A.|editor3=Christie, D.A.|title=Handbook of the Birds of the World|volume=12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees|publisher=Lynx Edicions|location=Barcelona}}
External links
- [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Myzornis_pyrrhoura.html Image and Classification at Animal Diversity Web]
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