Lesser Melampitta Melampitta lugubris Scientific name definitions
Text last updated February 4, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | melampita menuda |
Croatian | mali crnjaš |
Dutch | Kleine paradijspitta |
English | Lesser Melampitta |
English (United States) | Lesser Melampitta |
French | Petite Mélampitte |
French (Canada) | Petite Mélampitte |
German | Glanzflöter |
Indonesian | Melampitta kecil |
Japanese | クロチメドリ |
Norwegian | dvergmelampitta |
Polish | czarniak mały |
Russian | Малая мелампитта |
Serbian | Mala melampita |
Slovak | prespevák dlhonohý |
Spanish | Melampita Chica |
Spanish (Spain) | Melampita chica |
Swedish | mindre svartpitta |
Turkish | Küçük Melampit |
Ukrainian | Чорняк малий |
Melampitta lugubris Schlegel, 1871
Definitions
- MELAMPITTA
- lugubris
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Legend Overview
Field Identification
17–18 cm; 29–32 g. Male has plumage entirely black, forehead glossy, feathers of forehead, forecrown, lores and cheek short and velvety; iris red; bill and legs black. Female differs from male only in having iris dark brown. Juvenile is dark brown or tawny-tinged black above, rusty brown below. Races differ minimally: rostrata has larger bill than others; longicauda has longer tail.
Systematics History
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Previously divided into three races, namely nominate (Arfak Mts, in NW New Guinea), rostrata (Weyland Mts and Nassau Range, in WC), and longicauda (Oranje Range E to Huon Peninsula and Owen Stanley Range); but differences minimal (involving measurements) and variation probably clinal (1). Treated as monotypic.Subspecies
Melampitta lugubris lugubris Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Melampitta lugubris lugubris Schlegel, 1871
Definitions
- MELAMPITTA
- lugubris
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Melampitta lugubris rostrata Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Melampitta lugubris rostrata (Ogilvie-Grant, 1913)
Definitions
- MELAMPITTA
- lugubris
- rostrata
- Rostrata
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Melampitta lugubris longicauda Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Melampitta lugubris longicauda Mayr & Gilliard, 1952
Definitions
- MELAMPITTA
- lugubris
- longicauda
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Distribution
Arfak Mts, in NW New Guinea, and Central Range from Weyland Mts, Oranje Range and Nassau Range E to Huon Peninsula and Owen Stanley Range.
Habitat
Mountain forest and adjoining regrowth with dense undergrowth, particularly gulleys in vicinity of streams; 1150–3500 m, mainly 2000–2800 m.
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Song is a gradually descending series of rapid buzzy notes, “zwee-dididididididi”. Probable advertising or contact call is a double clicking note, like the sound of a pebble dropping into water or a loud click of the tongue; also a quiet, short tapping sound when foraging; loud “chit-chit-chit-chit-chit” given by female flushed from nest.
Breeding
Conservation Status
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding