Kacer Bird (Oriental Magpie Robin)

Copsychus saularis

Phylum (division): Chordata
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus (Type): Copsychus
Species: C. saularis
Binomial name Copsychus saularis

The main characteristics: Large (20-23 cm); part black; foot gray

Male traits: head, back and chest are black glossy front; white ventrally (there are other types of black abdomen); outer tail feather tail feathers are black and white interior

Female traits: The upper back and chest gray (dull black)

Juvenile (adolescents): features like an adult but at the brown speckled chest

A voice booms: Unmute tunable, high-pitched whistling sound and a smart mimicking other birds.
Categorized Kacer small-bodied species of birds chirping in his class and is a member of the family Turdidae, are included in the group flycatcher, family Muscicapidae. In Indonesia there are several species, but among the known hobies in two species of ground water. Kacer West Java (copsychus saularis) & Kacer East Java (copsychus sechellarum). West Java Kacer species identified with the characteristics mentioned above. Whereas Kacer East Java on the belly is black. That is all that distinguishes it physically.
Kacer is insectivorous species that reproduce in the development of residential areas in the lowland tropical areas.

Java Kacer

Dissemination & habitat: South Asia from Bangladesh, Pakistas, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, South China and the Philippines.
This bird is usually found in open areas, plantations, agriculture and even dense residential area.

Prolificacy and Ecology: These birds generally do prolificacy in the month from March to July and the months of January to June. Dilubang-hole nest tree, or building a wall niche or a hole.
Kacer Male looking for a mate by singing loudly. Usually from dawn to dusk with wags his tail up and down to attract partners. Nests are usually built by a week before egg-laying females. The number of eggs ranges from 3-4 eggs with egg color of pale blue oval brownish spots. The incubation period (incubation) lasted 8-14 days and only dieramo by kacer just female. During this period kacer any male bias is more aggressive to protect its territory and quickly respond to the voices of other birds that disturb the area.

Food: kacer are insectivorous birds, almost all types of insects such as janggrik, grasshoppers, ants, cockroaches, flies, centipedes (centipedes), he eats, even a small snails and small fish is also a favorite food.