Alternative names: Mountain Robin; Cloud-forest Robin; Alpine Robin
- Petroica bivittata
Identification
11·5 cm
- Black head, neck and upperparts
- White forehead
- Brownish-black remiges and greater upper-wing-coverts
Distribution
South-east Asia: found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- P. b. caudata:
- Central New Guinea (Snow and Nassau mountains)
- P. b. bivittata:
- High mountains of south-eastern New Guinea
Habitat
Mountain forests and sub-alpine shrubland.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists almost entirely of insects which are caught aerially.
References
- 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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Subalpine Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Subalpine_Robin
