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Rhipidura hyperythra

Distribution

Southeast Asia and Australasia
Asia: Indonesia and the Moluccas
Australasia: Papua New Guinea and Melanesia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• R. h. hyperythra:

• Aru Islands (New Guinea)

• R. h. muelleri:

• Yapen Island and western New Guinea (Astrolabe Bay to Lake Kutubu)

• R. h. castaneothorax:

• South-eastern New Guinea (Saruwaged Mountains to Angabunga River)

Habitat

Moist montanes and lowland forests.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects and invertebrates.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia

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