| Description:
Adult
male: The head, neck, and upper back
are a rich vinaceous brown. The throat
is light brown. The back, too, is
vinaceous brown but with many emerald-green
feathers and there is a distinct pure
white patch on the shoulder. The breast
is brown with some vinaceous color
but duller than the back. The lower
breast and abdomen are brown.The rump
is greyish-black with two prominent
grey transverse bars. The upper side
of the tail is black. The scapulars
and inner wing coverts are bright
iridescent green. The primaries and
secondaries are grey-brown, some with
a chestnut inner edge. The under-side
of the wing is chestnut. The under-side
of the tail is grey. The iris is drak
brown and the bill is red with a darker
base. The legs and feet are a dull
red-brown.
Adult female: The females differs
from the male in the following ways:
The head, neck, and the upper back
lack the vinaceous color and are a
dull brown. The transverse bars on
the lower back of the famle are less
distinct and the rump is brown instead
of black. The upper side of the tail
is brown. The white shoulder patch
of the male is replaced with an indistinct
grey mark ion the female. The upper
side generally is the same as for
the male but is duller. The head,
neck, and back lack the vinaceous
color and are dull brown. The upper
side of the tail is brown. The feathers
are fringed with black. The iris is
drak brown and the bill is orange-yellow.
The legs and feet are red.
Juvenile: The head, neck and upper
back are brown and the throat is light
brown. The mantle, scapulars, and
inner-wing coverts are chestnut-brown,
crossed by broad black bars. Very
few feathers are green. The primaries
and secondaries are dark-brown. The
breast is chestnut-brown with closely
spaced black bars. The abdomen is
the same as the chest but the bars
are less distinct. The under-tail
and tail are dark brown-black. The
iris is brown and the bill is horn-colored.
The legs and feet are dark grey with
a pink tinge.
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| Subspecies: |
C.
i. indica, C. i. robinsoni, C. i. maxima,
C. i. natalis, C. i. sanghirensis, C.
i. minima, C. i. timorensis, C. i. longirostris,
C. i. chrysochlora, C. i. sandwichensis |
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