Appearance | Small caramel-brown bird about 5.5″ long with light gray underparts, orange beak, and orange eyering. |
Diet | Fruit and insects. |
Feeder Food | Unlikely to visit a feeder. |
Habitat | Thrives in the tropical woodlands of the southwest US, Mexico, and far into South America as well as coastal lowlands. |
Nesting | This bird builds a bulky open-cup nest about 2 1/2″ in diameter and almost 2″ deep. Clutch: 2 eggs Egg color: Blue, pale blue speckled with blotches of brown & lilac. Or, pale gray with brown speckles. Egg size: 1″ x .7″ Incubation: The female incubated the nest for about 13-15 days and fledged the nest at about 13-17 days. |
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