- Heteromyias albispecularis
Identification
15–18 cm
- Ash-grey head
- White cheeks and throat
- Olive-grey upperparts
Distribution
South-east Asia and Australasia
Indonesia (provinces of Papua and West Papua), and Papua New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Grey-headed Robin was formerly treated as subspecies of this species. Furthermore this species is also often placed in Poecilodryas[2]
Subspecies
Clements accepts five subspecies[1]:
- H. a. albispecularis::
- North-western New Guinea (Tamrau and Arfak mountains)
- H. a. atricapilla:
- North-eastern New Guinea (mountains of Huon Peninsula)
- H. a. rothschildi:
- New Guinea (Weyland and Snow mountains)
- H. a. centralis:
- Central Highlands of New Guinea
- H. a. armiti:
- Herzog Mountains and mountains of south-eastern New Guinea
Habitat
Montane forests generally at heights around 1700–2400 m, but locally can be seen up to 2600 m and as low as 850 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of insects, including beetles, ants and centipedes; with the addition of worms.
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/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Ashy Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ashy_Robin
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.