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Melanocharis nigra

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South-east Asia and Australasia: found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 4 subspecies:

• M. n. pallida:

• Waigeu Island (off western New Guinea)

• M. n. nigra:

• Misool Island, Salawati Island and western New Guinea

• M. n. unicolor:

• Yapen Island, Meos Num Island, northern and eastern New Guinea

• M. n. chloroptera:

• Aru Issland and southern New Guinea (Mimika River to Fly River)

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. 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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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