What makes the crimson chat unique?

       A crimson chat can fake an injury to distract a predator such as cat, snake or fox from discovering its nest and eggs. With crimson colour all over its body, it looks as if someone had sprayed a red pichku while celebrating holi. It is small bird with a short bill that curves downwards. It is usually 10 to 13 centimetres in length and 10 to 11 grams in weight. The crimson chat is also known as the tri-coloured chat, saltbush canary, and crimson-breasted nun. Endemic to Australia, they feed on the ground. Their diet consists mostly of insects.

        Both males and females help in the building of the nest which is in the shape of a cup. They are usually located close to ground. The female bird lays 2 to 5 pink and white eggs, with brown-red-spots.

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