Subalpine Robin Petroica bivittata Scientific name definitions
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | petroica muntanyenca |
Croatian | batić muhar |
Dutch | Woudvliegenvanger |
English | Subalpine Robin |
English (United States) | Subalpine Robin |
French | Miro montagnard |
French (Canada) | Miro montagnard |
German | Bergwaldschnäpper |
Indonesian | Robin gunung |
Japanese | モリシロハラクロヒタキ |
Norwegian | fjellflueskvett |
Polish | skalinek żałobny |
Russian | Альпийская петроика |
Serbian | Planinski novogvinejski crvendać |
Slovak | mucholovka horská |
Spanish | Petroica Montañesa |
Spanish (Spain) | Petroica montañesa |
Swedish | bergsydhake |
Turkish | Papua Dağ Bülbülü |
Ukrainian | Тоутоваї лісовий |
Petroica bivittata De Vis, 1897
Definitions
- PETROICA
- bivittata / bivittatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
11·5 cm. Nominate male has head, neck and upperparts black, small white forehead patch; remiges and greater upperwing-coverts brownish-black, lesser and median coverts black; tail black, outer rectrix with distal end white (more than half of feather length on some individuals), next two feather pairs with small white tips; chin and throat to breast black, remainder of underparts white or greyish-white, thighs smoky grey; iris dark brown; bill and legs black. Female like male but duller, black areas sooty grey, not well demarcated from greyish-white belly and flanks, outer rectrix with outer web and tip white. Juvenile undescribed. Race <em>caudata</em> smaller, with white in tail much reduced.
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Two subspecies recognizedSubspecies
Petroica bivittata caudata Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Petroica bivittata caudata Rand, 1940
Definitions
- PETROICA
- bivittata / bivittatus
- caudata / caudatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Petroica bivittata bivittata Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Petroica bivittata bivittata De Vis, 1897
Definitions
- PETROICA
- bivittata / bivittatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.
Habitat
High mountain forest, subalpine shrubland, and ecotone between subalpine forest and alpine grassland; found at 3900 m on Carstensz Massif (Nassau Range), 3050–3500 m in Central Highlands, and 2750–3700 m in Wharton and Owen Stanley Ranges.
Movement
Presumably sedentary.
Diet and Foraging
Insects. Forages in canopy (c. 75% of observations) and in middle storey (c. 25%). Prey captured almost entirely by aerial flycatching.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Song a loud, deliberate “dad dad dad dad”.
Breeding
Eggs grey-brown with grey-brown spots, 22–24 × 15·8–17·8 mm. No other information.
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Central Papuan Mountains EBA. Uncommon. Poorly known species.
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- Breeding
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