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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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20 cm
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*Olive-brown upper parts and crown
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*Buff eyering
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Southeast [[Asia]]: found in [[Indonesia]], [[Papua New Guinea]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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*''A. s. occidentalis'':
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:*Snow Mountains (western [[New Guinea]])
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*''A. s. sclateriana'':
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:*Owen Stanley Mountains (south-eastern [[New Guinea]])
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Montane forests at around 2800–3720 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Ground feeders, their diet consists of spiders, insects and beetles.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Amalocichla+sclateriana}}
 
{{GSearch|Amalocichla+sclateriana}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Amalocichla]] [[Category:Missing Images]]

Latest revision as of 19:40, 27 August 2014

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:
  • A. s. sclateriana:

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)

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