Alternative names: Rufous-throated White-eye; Rufous-collared White-eye; Madanga White-eye; Buru Mountain White-eye; Rufous-throated Dark-eye; Madanga Pipit
- Anthus ruficollis
Madanga ruficollis
Identification
13 cm.
- Greyish-olive head with rudimentary pale eyering consisting of very short scaly feathers
- Yellowish-green upperparts, remiges and rectrices browner with green edges
- Rufous-orange throat and upper chest
- Dark greyish-olive rest of underparts
- Yellowish-brown undertail-coverts
- Blackish bill
Sexes similar but males bigger than females. Juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Endemic to Buru, Indonesia.
An uncommon and local restricted-range species. Endangered and treated by habitat loss.
Taxonomy
Relationships were uncertain for a long time but the consensus now is that it is an aberrant member of Motacillidae and is best placed in the genus Anthus[1][3].
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Moist montane forests at 820 to 1750m, mainly above 1450 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Not much known, seems to feed on invertebrates taken from bark and lichen.
Forages in mixed-species flocks, climbing up and down trunks like a nuthatch.
Breeding
No information available.
Movements
No information available.
References
- 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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
- A paper showing that Madanga belongs within genus Anthus
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Madanga. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Madanga
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