The single species of this genus has the bill shorter than the head, entire, without any serrations on the margins of the mandibles; the culmen very slightly curved, the lower mandible straight; the rictal bristles weak ; the tarsus short and scutellated; the tail of moderate length, slightly rounded, and consisting of twelve feathers; the wing moderate, with ten primaries, the first of which is small.
The sexes are of different colours and the upper plumage of the male is metallic.
BookTitle:
The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma
Reference:
OATES EW. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol.2 1890.
Title in Book:
Genus CHALCOPARIA
Year:
1890
Page No:
373
M_ID:
28826
M_SN:
Chalcoparia
Volume:
Vol. 2
Term name:
id:
1241
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