Alternative names: White-rumped Thicket-flycatcher, White-spotted Flycatcher-robin
- Peneothello bimaculata
Melanodryas bimaculata
Identification
13-14 cm. A poorly known species.
- Black plumage
- White uppertail-coverts, white band from side of lower throat to side of upper breast
- White belly
- Dark brown eye
- Black bill and legs
- vicaria has a black belly
Females are similar but black areas are tinged brown.
Immatures are sooty black with washed brown upperwing-coverts, some undertail-coverts tipped white.
Distribution
Endemic to the mountains of New Guinea.
Scarce but locally common.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognized:
- P. b. bimaculata in the mountains of northwest New Guinea
- P. b. vicaria in the mountains of southeast New Guinea and Huon Peninsula
Habitat
Rainforest in hills and lower mountains.
Occurs at 300-1700 m, probably higher. Most common at 700-1100m. Replaced at higher altitudes by Blue-grey Robin.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects and larvae, probably also on small earthworm.
Forages in lower levels of forest and on ground.
Breeding
Adults in breeding condition from July to August. No other information.
Movements
Presumably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-rumped Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-rumped_Robin
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