Attractive shades of purple and blue flicker and shimmer when this bird flutters in dark thickets

 Attractive shades of purple and blue flicker and shimmer when this bird flutters in dark thickets

The Muscicapidae family includes the giant niltava (Niltava Grandis).

This is a wonderful bird, dressed in dazzlingly purple-blue color, almost electric.

Mixing with an even more spectacular blue color on the head.

The Muscicapidae family includes a giant niltava (Niltava Grandis).

The male of this species is bright blue with a very dark blue lower side.

His face is more black with an amazingly bright neon tint.

He also has a strip on his neck, on his shoulders and on a croup of the same color.

A female dark brown shade with blue spots on the neck.

Its upper part is dark olive-brown, with red glare on the wings and tail.

This bird can be found on the entire Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

As well as Cambodia, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

This plant grows in deep, wet tropical forests, it can be found in many rural gardens.

And most often they are noticed when they descend from their perch for a while.

Their food consists mainly of insects and other invertebrates, as well as berries.

During the propagation period, large Niltavas build a nest of moss and plant fibers.

The female will deposit from two to five creamy white eggs.

She incubates them for about 15 days, after which the male helps to feed the chicks until they completely emphasize and reach 14 days of age.

The population of this bird is considered very stable due to the extensive range of reproduction.

There are no signs of a reduction in the population or any inevitable serious danger.

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