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Clytomyias insignis

[edit] Identification

Orange crown, buffy orange below and orange/olive above.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to New Guinea

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies are known, insignis and oorti.

[edit] Habitat

Mountain rainforest, usually in thickets of vine and climbing bamboo, along tracks and in small clearings made by tree fall.

[edit] Behaviour

It rarely flies, and moves in groups through dense foliage with tail half-cocked and partly spread. It does not join mixed-species foraging flocks. Groups remain in same area throughout year. Voice a high-pitched twitter.

It gleans the underside of leaves for invertebrates.

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