Boatbill [1] , or tyrant-boatbill [1] ( Megarynchus pitangua ) is a bird from the Tyrannous family . The only species in the genus Lodkokluva is Megarynchus Thunberg, 1824.
| Boatbill |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Suborder : | Screaming passerines |
| Infrastructure : | Tyrannides |
| Gender: | Boat Bats ( Megarynchus Thunberg , 1824 ) |
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| International scientific name |
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Megarynchus pitangua ( Vieillot , 1817 ) |
| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22700533 |
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It is one of the largest representatives of the family, reaching a length of up to 28 cm, and a mass of 55-65 grams. The color of the back is brown, chest and belly are lemon yellow. A longitudinal strip of orange passes through the forehead. Above each eye there is a white strip in the form of an eyebrow. The beak is wide and powerful.
It feeds on insects , invertebrates , lizards , frogs , small mammals , such as rodents.
It lives in woodlands from the south of Mexico to Bolivia and Argentina to Trinidad , including Belize , Costa Rica , Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , Panama , El Salvador , Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , French Guiana , Paraguay , Peru , Suri Venezuela .
The nests built by the female are like an open saucer with sticks. Usually in a clutch there are two or three whitish eggs with a marble brown pattern. Hatching lasts 17-18 days. Chicks fledge about 24 days after hatching.
- Megarynchus pitangua caniceps
- Megarynchus pitangua chrysogaster
- Megarynchus pitangua deserticola
- Megarynchus pitangua mexicanus
- Megarynchus pitangua pitangua
- Megarynchus pitangua tardiusculus
- ↑ 1 2 Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 244. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
