The purple whistling (scientific name: Myophonus caeruleus) has dark blue-purple plumage, bright purple drip spots at the apex of each feather, and a black mouth and feet. The bird is black from a distance and purple up close.
Its natural habitat is montane forest streams below 3800 m above sea level, especially along rocky mountain streams in broad-leaved forests and mixed forests.
Often in pairs, often chasing each other in the bushes, flying and singing, the sound is loud and short like the sound of the piano.
Feeds on the ground or in shallow water, feeding on insects and crabs, as well as berries and other plants. Breeds in April-June and nests between rock crevices, on tree forks or on beams of temples on a hill. The nest is cup-shaped and consists of moss, whisker roots, and residual leaves.
Each clutch lays 4 eggs, pure green, or yellow-green, with fine red spots of varying shades. The purple howling is a resident bird in the area south of the Yangtze River in China, and the summer migratory bird in the area north of the Yangtze River.
It migrates to the northern breeding grounds to breed in April and to the southern breeding grounds from September to October for wintering.
It is found in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Southeast Asia, South Java and China. Disclaimer: Bird species information comes from Baidu Encyclopedia. #Bird watching##Animal##鸟类摄影 #