Greater Ground Robin - BirdForum Opus

Amalocichla sclateriana

Identification

20 cm

• Olive-brown upper parts and crown
• Buff eyering

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• A. s. occidentalis:

• Snow Mountains (western New Guinea)

• A. s. sclateriana:

• Owen Stanley Mountains (south-eastern New Guinea)

Habitat

Montane forests at around 2800–3720 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Ground feeders, their diet consists of spiders, insects and beetles.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Greater Ground Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Greater_Ground_Robin

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