Inside Out. Red Bishop

by Jennie Breeze

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Inside Out. Red Bishop

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Jennie Breeze

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Digital Art - Original Img_6311

Description

The Red Bishop is a very territorial bird that defends it￿s nest to the death. Outside the breeding season they are shy birds that usually don￿t get into fights. They have high-pitched vocalizations but they don￿t have songs. To attract the female, the male performs a dance and squeaks loudly. Breeding males are brightly colored with red (occasionally orange) and black plumage. The forehead, face and throat are black and the rest of the head is red. The upper parts are red apart from the brown wings and tail. In full color, the bill of the males darkens to black, the feathers around the neck and on the tail molt into bright orange to vivid red and the rest of the body feathers acquire a lustrous black. It is said that the wild Red Bishops are redder than in captivity. They are quite hardy birds. These birds are rarely ill. Red Bishops aren￿t cage birds. They need space. The thing most responsible for shortening this bird life expectancy is the enclosure in small spaces.

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December 13th, 2015

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