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Chlamydera lauterbachi

[edit] Identification

27cm. Brownish-olive upperparts, grey-yellow upper breast, coppery crown, dark brown iris, yellow underparts, black bill and pink-orange mouth. Both sexes are similar. The female is duller than the male.

[edit] Distribution

New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Grasslands, lowlands, and subtropical mountain forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fruits, caterpillars, beetles, and other insects.

The nest is a shallow cup made of small sticks. The bower itself is that of "avenue"-type with four walls of sticks and an outward-angled main avenue walls.

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