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Rufous-winged Philentoma

Drongos, Orioles & Cuckooshrikes

Philentoma pyrhoptera

Basic stats

Diet

Insects

Habitat

Lowland and hill forest

Range

Sundaland (Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)

Clutch size

2 eggs

Incubation period

About 14 days

Size

Small–medium (17–19cm)

Wingspan

~25–27cm

Weight

~22–28g

A blue-plumaged flycatcher-like bird with rufous-chestnut in the wings, males showing a rich cobalt-blue head and underparts, typically perching quietly in the forest understorey and mid-storey.

Sallies from a perch to catch insects in flight, favouring the shaded interior of lowland and hill dipterocarp forest across Borneo and the wider Sundaland region.

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