Contributor
Subbu Subramanya Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Dambuk Grassland
Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Observation details
Not many know the function of the heavy bill that looks somewhat like that of the parrots: The heavy bill is not used for frugivory, instead it is used for ripping out the inter-nodes of grass stems for borer larvae, which it extracts after gaining access to the innards of the grass stem. Video of this feeding behaviour available.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P900
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 357 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/125 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.3 MB