Adult white morph © Prashant Kumar eBird S33322996 Macaulay Library ML 44038461
Adult fulvous morph © Gaurang Bagda
Adult © Balwant Negi
Adult fulvous morph © VIJAY S
Adult fulvous morph © VIJAY S

Immaculate Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata

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Identification

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Tiny, tailless, long-legged ball of a bird. Dark morph is brown all over with black spots on the breast; pale morph’s breast is marked with black-and-white scaling. Very similar in appearance to Pygmy and Scaly-breasted Cupwings; note unspotted wings, faint black moustache stripe, and longer-billed profile. Not exceptionally shy, but difficult to see in the dense undergrowth; listen for its song, a steadily descending phrase of high thin notes.

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