Greater Melampitta Megalampitta gigantea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Croatian | veliki crnjaš |
Dutch | Grote paradijspitta |
English | Greater Melampitta |
English (United States) | Greater Melampitta |
French | Grande Mélampitte |
French (Canada) | Grande Mélampitte |
German | Rußflöter |
Indonesian | Melampitta besar |
Japanese | オオクロチメドリ |
Norwegian | stormelampitta |
Polish | czarniak duży |
Russian | Большая мелампитта |
Serbian | Velika melampita |
Slovak | prespevák veľký |
Spanish | Melampita Grande |
Spanish (Spain) | Melampita grande |
Swedish | större svartpitta |
Turkish | Büyük Melampit |
Ukrainian | Чорняк великий |
Revision Notes
Claire Walter prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Megalampitta gigantea (Rothschild, 1899)
Definitions
- MEGALAMPITTA
- gigantea / giganteus
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Legend Overview
Field Identification
Systematics History
Previously placed in Melampitta. Monotypic.
Subspecies
Distribution
West, north & far southeast New Guinea: Vogelkop (Arfak Mountains), Bomberai Peninsula (Fakfak Mountains, Kumawa Mountains), southern slopes of Snow Mountains (Utakwa River, Setekwa River), Torricelli Mountains (Mount Somoro) and southeast end of Central Dividing Range (Mount Mura).
Habitat
Forests on rugged limestone (karst), at 650–1,400 m.
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Breeding
No confirmed information. According to local people in Fakfak Mountains, nest a large basket of vines, suspended below ground level in deep, narrow, steep-sided limestone sinkhole.
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in West Papuan Highlands EBA, North Papuan Mountains EBA and Central Papuan Mountains EBA. Shy, little known and apparently very local; locally fairly common in Fakfak Mountains, in west of range. This species’ apparent rarity in most of its known range may be related to its preference for an environment that is usually avoided by fieldworkers. Future work in these areas may reveal that it is more widespread than presently thought.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding