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| The Barred Tangerine Skulking Beauty The Bar-Winged Wren-Babbler |
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The Bar-Winged Wren-Babbler is a small, ground-dwelling bird known for its distinctive black and white barred wings and tail. It is a beautifully patterned ground-dweller of mountainous temperate forests with thick undergrowth. Tangerine-coloured with a pale throat, black-and-white barred wings and tail, and star-like pale spots all over a darker head and back. Forages in the leaf litter and on the bases of tree trunks, sometimes in pairs and small flocks. Spotted patterning bears a passing resemblance to that of Spotted Elachura, which is dark brown overall with a far shorter tail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. …. ……. . .. … …… ………………………. ………….. ……………….. .. …. …. ……….. … …. ……….. … …. ………… ………….. ………… ………… ….. ………. …………. …….. ……………. …… …. …. ……….. … …. ……….. .. ………… ….. ………. …………. …….. …… The Bar-Winged Wren-Babbler is a long-tailed, rufous-brown wren-babbler with white-spotted blackish head, white breast, barred wings and tail. It is a small bird reaching a length of only up to 10 cms in length and weighing 15 to 18 gms. Male of the Nominate Race has crown and nape blackish, tinged rufous and heavily spotted white, lores, cheek and ear-coverts deep orange-buff; upperparts umber-brown, each feather with white subterminal bar and black tip (creating heavy spotting effect), upperwing and tail narrowly barred whitish and black; throat white, underparts dull rufous, white streaks extending from throat to breast; iris red-ochre to brown; bill brown or blackish-horn, paler lower mandible; legs horn-brown or olive. Female has more rufous-streaked throat, more extensive and brighter rufous below. Juvenile is much darker than adult, blackish-brown above, with reddish-buff streaks on crown and bars on back, barring on wings and tail less coherent, more vermiculate. There are Three subspecies that are recognized based on marked differences in mainly in pattern and tone of plumage. The Sub-Species Souliei found in North Central Arunachal Pradesh (North East India) East to North Myanmar and South China has cheek and ear-coverts brown with buff shaft streaks, greyish-brown upperparts, white of throat heavily obscured with brown and rufous, juvenile underparts dull rufous . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. …. ……. . .. … …… ………………………. ………….. ……………….. .. …. …. ……….. … …. ……….. … …. ………… ………….. ………… ………… ….. ………. …………. …….. ……………. …… …. …. ……….. … …. ……….. .. ………… ….. ………. …………. …….. …… The Bar-Winged Wren-Babbler is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is found in dense undergrowth and bamboo thickets in moist cool temperate forest, including deciduous, rhododendron, oak, mixed hemlock-broadleaf and fir forest. Found at 2300 to 3500 mtrs in Indian Subcontinent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. …. ……. . .. … …… ………………………. ………….. ……………….. .. …. …. ……….. … …. ……….. … …. ………… ………….. ………… ………… ….. ………. …………. …….. ……………. …… …. …. ……….. … …. ……….. .. ………… ….. ………. …………. …….. …… It feeds on Insects, including Beetles. Sometimes found in small groups up to six individuals, even in late Apr (breeding period). More arboreal than most wren-babblers, clambering about on bamboo stems and mossy tree trunks, up to 1·5 mtrs above ground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. …. ……. . .. … …… ………………………. ………….. ……………….. .. …. …. ……….. … …. ……….. … …. ………… ………….. ………… ………… ….. ………. …………. …….. ……………. …… …. …. ……….. … …. ……….. .. ………… ….. ………. …………. …….. …… Its Song is a repeated husky rapid rolling warble of 5 to 8 notes, chiwhi-whiwhi-whiwhi-whiwhi or ch-whi-whi-whi-whi; series also reported as starting with longer, strongly upslurred note and ending with shorter, lower and quieter note than first; regularly repeated at intervals of 2 to 3 seconds. ….. ….. ………. …… ………….. ………… ………… …. … … …… ………….. ………… ………… ….. ………………….. … ………… ….. ………. …… ………….. …………………….. … ………… ….. ………. …… ………….. ………….. …… ………….. …………………….. … ………… ….. ………. …………. ….. ………. …… ………… ………….. …… ……….. …… ………….. ………… ……….. Description Credit Birds of the World (The Cornell Lab), Oiseaux, Birda, Animalia, Nepal Desk, Ogaclicks, Birds of India | Bird World, Bird Count India & Wiki. |
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