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Henicopernis infuscatus

[edit] Identification

50cm
Black

• White bands on flight and tail feathers.

[edit] Distribution

New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Rare and virtually unknown.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Tropical rainforest and forest edge, mainly in lowlands but up to 1,000m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes arthropods, lizards, birds and birds' eggs.

[edit] Breeding

The 2 white, brown-spotted eggs are incubated for 30 days.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. BirdLife International

• List of references

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