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Photo by dandsblair
Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, May 2012

Psittacella modesta

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• P. m. modesta:

• Western New Guinea (Vogelkop Mountains)

• P. m. subcollaris:

• Western New Guinea (northern slope of Snow Mountains east to Hindenburg Range)

• P. m. collaris:

• Western New Guinea (southern slopes of Snow Mountains)

[edit] Habitat

Mountain forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

• List of references

[edit] External Links