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Heteromyias armiti

Distribution

New Guinea: Indonesia (provinces of Papua and West Papua), and Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Black-capped Robin was formerly included in Ashy Robin (a.k.a. Arfak Robin).

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

• H. a. atricapilla:

• North-eastern New Guinea (mountains of Huon Peninsula)

• H. a. rothschildi:

• New Guinea (Weyland and Snow mountains)

• H. a. centralis:

• Central Highlands of New Guinea

• H. a. armiti:

• Herzog Mountains and mountains of south-eastern New Guinea

According to some sources, subspecies atricapilla should be included within armiti and centralis within rothschildi.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-capped Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-capped_Robin

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