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;[[:Category:Pachycare|Pachycare]] flavogriseum | ;[[:Category:Pachycare|Pachycare]] flavogriseum | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 13cm. A striking bird: | ||
| + | * Crown and hindnape bluish-grey | ||
| + | * Black line separating crown from bright yellow forehead, supercilium and ear-coverts | ||
| + | * Light bluish-grey upperparts | ||
| + | * Dusk grey outer primaries | ||
| + | * Bluish-grey tertials with black inner webs, each with white tip | ||
| + | * Bluish-grey tail | ||
| + | * Bright yellow throat and underparts | ||
| + | * Black bill | ||
| + | * Light brown to brown legs | ||
| + | Females are similar but they have ear-coverts with a dusky patch and less black on the forehead. Juveniles apparently like females.<br /> | ||
| + | ''Randi'' and ''subaurantium'' are darker below with an orange tinge, ''subpallidum'' is paler. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Endemic to [[New Guinea]].<br /> | Endemic to [[New Guinea]].<br /> | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 7 November 2009
Alternative names: Dwarf Whistler; Golden-faced Pachycare; Grey-and-yellow Flycatcher
- Pachycare flavogriseum
Identification
13cm. A striking bird:
- Crown and hindnape bluish-grey
- Black line separating crown from bright yellow forehead, supercilium and ear-coverts
- Light bluish-grey upperparts
- Dusk grey outer primaries
- Bluish-grey tertials with black inner webs, each with white tip
- Bluish-grey tail
- Bright yellow throat and underparts
- Black bill
- Light brown to brown legs
Females are similar but they have ear-coverts with a dusky patch and less black on the forehead. Juveniles apparently like females.
Randi and subaurantium are darker below with an orange tinge, subpallidum is paler.
Distribution
Endemic to New Guinea.
Common in upper altitudinal parts of range.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- P. f. flavogriseum:
- Western New Guinea (Vogelkop and Wandammen mountains)
- P. f. subaurantium:
- Mountains of central New Guinea
- P. f. randi:
- New Guinea (Snow Mountains in Idenburg River area)
- P. f. subpallidum:
- South-eastern New Guinea (Herzog and Saruwaged mountains)
Habitat
Hill and lower montane forest, also adjacent secondary growth. Occurs mainly at 800 - 1650m, recorded at 400 - 1800m.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects and spiders.
Forages in outer foliage in lower and middle storey. Sometimes seems in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding recorded in October, June and November. The nest is globular with a side entrance and made of dry twigs, leaf strips, moss, lichen and grass. It's placed on the ground against downhill base of a sapling or a small tree on a slope. Lays 2 eggs.
Probably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- 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) Goldenface. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Goldenface
