Green-backed robin

Green-backed robin
Male illustration by William Matthew Hart
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Pachycephalopsis
Species:
P. hattamensis
Binomial name
Pachycephalopsis hattamensis
(Meyer, 1874)

The green-backed robin (Pachycephalopsis hattamensis) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Description

It is sexually monomorphic.[2] It has an olive-green back, rust-colored wings, a rust-colored tail, and a yellow abdomen.[3][4]

Vocalization

Both sexes vocalize. [2] Their most common vocalization has been described as a "tu-wee" sound. They also produce "piping whistles" and "raspy chur-chatters."[2]

Breeding and Nesting

It breeds during New Guinea's wet season, and lays eggs in cup-shaped nests low to the ground in trees.[2] Little research has been done on clutch size, but one egg is recorded as a seemingly typical clutch size.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pachycephalopsis hattamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22704917A93990735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704917A93990735.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Donaghey, Richard Hallam, and Carolyn A. Donaghey. "Nest, egg and vocalisations of the Green-backed Robin Pachycephalopsis hattamensis in the Arfak Mountains, West Papua." Kukila 22 (2019): 21-29.
  3. ^ Coates, B.J. 1990. The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Volume II. Passerines. Dove Publications, Brisbane.
  4. ^ Pratt, T.K. & B.M Beehler. 2015. Birds of New Guinea. 2nd edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.


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