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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The male Australasian Figbird is olive green with black crown and grey neck and throat. He has bare, red skin around the eye. The underside of tail is white. The female is brown-green above and dull-white below, streaked with brown. She has grey skin around the eye and does not have black head markings. Males north of Proserpine in Queensland have a yellow front.
Other Names
Sphecotheres viridis
Size
28cm
Habitat
rainforest, wet eucalypt forest, parks and gardens where there are figs and other fruit-producing trees
Food
Figs, other soft fruits and berries, insects
Breeding
Nest is cup-shaped built from vine tendrils and twigs. Nest is attached to a branch of tall tree, up to 20m above ground. Lays two or three eggs.
Range
coastal regions of northern and eastern Australia from the Kimberleys in Western Australia to the New South Wales/Victoria border
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Oriolidae | | Genus: | Sphecotheres | | Species: | vieilloti | | Common Name: | Australasian Figbird |
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