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'''Female''': browner upperparts and barred, grey-buff underparts | '''Female''': browner upperparts and barred, grey-buff underparts | ||
| − | [[Image:Varied TrillerKen.jpg|thumb|450px|right|© Photo by {{user|Mzungu|Mzungu}} <br />[[Eagleby Wetlands]], [[Australia]], June, 2018]] | + | [[Image:Varied TrillerKen.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Female © Photo by {{user|Mzungu|Mzungu}} <br />[[Eagleby Wetlands]], [[Australia]], June, 2018]] |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[New Guinea]], [[Bismarck Archipelago]], and eastern [[Australia]]. | [[New Guinea]], [[Bismarck Archipelago]], and eastern [[Australia]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:44, 2 June 2018
- Lalage leucomela
Identification
17–19·5 cm
- White forehead and supercilium
- Black upperparts
- Dark grey rump
- White markings on wings
- White underparts with fine dark barring
- Cinnamon vent
Female: browner upperparts and barred, grey-buff underparts
Distribution
New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and eastern Australia.
Taxonomy
Mussau Triller was formerly included in this species.
Subspecies
Lalage leucomela has 15 subspecies:[1]:
- L. l. keyensis: Kai Islands (Kai Kecil, Kai Besar and Add)
- L. l. polygrammica: Aru Islands and eastern New Guinea
- L. l. obscurior: D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago
- L. l. trobriandi: Trobriand Islands
- L. l. pallescens: Louisiade Archipelago (Misima and Tagula)
- L. l. falsa Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, Umboi and Duke of York)
- L. l. karu: New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago)
- L. l. albidior: New Hanover (Bismarck Archipelago)
- L. l. ottomeyeri: Lihir Islands (Bismarck Archipelago)
- L. l. tabarensis: Tabar Island (Bismarck Archipelago)
- L. l. sumunae: Dyaul Island (Bismarck Archipelago)
- L. l. macrura: North-western Western Australia (western Kimberley Division)
- L. l. rufiventris: Northern Northern Territory (Melville Island, Arnhem Land, Groote Eylandt)
- L. l. yorki: Northern Queensland (islands in southern Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula)
- L. l. leucomela: Eastern Australia (central Queensland to central New South Wales)
Habitat
Rain and dry forests, vine forest, riverine thickets, eucalypt forest and woodland, they show a marked partiality for border areas between closed and open forests.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects (especially caterpillars) and grasshopper, with the addition of figs and other fruit, berries, and seeds.
Breeding
They breed during the rainy season. The nest is a very small shallow cup made of dry grass, twigs, rootlets, and spider webs placed on a horizontal branch or fork. They lay a single egg.
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/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- The Website of Everything
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Varied Triller. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Varied_Triller
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