Crimson Chat
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About the Crimson Chat
The Crimson Chat is a small songbird native to Australia. Male Crimson Chats have brown bodies with red crowns and underparts. They also sport black eye masks and white throats. Females and juveniles are similar, with duller markings.
Crimson Chats feed on insects and spiders. They are also able to use their uniquely-adapted brush-tipped tongues to pick up seeds or feed on nectar.
Crimson Chats are social birds, nesting together in clusters and remaining in small flocks throughout the year. Like North America's Killdeer, the Crimson Chat will fake an injury to lure predators away from their nest or vulnerable young.
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Details & Statistics
Added to Birdorable
Hatched December 6, 2010
Scientific Name
Epthianura tricolor
Bird Family
Measurements
Length:
4 to 5 inches
(10.2 to 12.7 cm)
Wingspan:
inches
( cm)
Weight:
10 to 11 ounces
(283.5 to 311.8 grams)
Range
International Names
Czech
pustináček tříbarvý
Danish
Rød Drosselsmutte
Dutch
Scharlaken Schijnpaapje
Finnish
punataskumaluri
French
Epthianure tricolore
German
Scharlachtrugschmätzer
Italian
Sassicola australiana ventrerosso
Japanese
ベニオアストラリアヒタキ (benio-sutorariahitaki)
Norwegian
Karminhonningskvett
Polish
podkasalka amarantowa
Russian
Красногрудая чекановая трясогузка
Spanish
Eptianuro Tricolor
