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Heteromyias albispecularis

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South-east Asia and Australasia
Indonesia (provinces of Papua and West Papua), and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

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

Grey-headed Robin was formerly treated as subspecies of this species. Furthermore this species is also often placed in Poecilodryas^[2]

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[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase

• List of references

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