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Brown Rock Chat
Latin Name:
Cercomela fusca
Category:
Size:
17cm
Description:
Brown above, more rufous below; dark brown wings, almost blackish tail. Overall appearance like female Indian Robin. Usually pairs, around ruins, dusty villages, rocky hillsides; often approaches close; tame and confiding; captures insects on ground; rather aggressive when breeding.
Habitat:
dry, open country, rocky hills, ravines, ruins, habitation.
Food:
insects; occasionally kitchen refuse
Distribution:
confined to parts of N and C India, from Punjab and W Uttarakhand, south to about Narmada river; east to the Bihar-Bengal.
Call:
Call Description:
harsh chaeck… note; also a whistling chee call; melodious song of breeding male; a good mimic.
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