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Alternative name: Green-backed Babbler

Androphobus viridis

[edit] Identification

16.5cm.

• Dark green crown, upper head and upperparts
• Black side of head
• White malar streak
• Black chin, throat and breast
• Dark green upperwing-coverts and tail
• Green breast side and flanks
• Grey belly
• Grey-black legs and bill

Females lack the white malar stripe and their chin, throat and breast is grey. Juveniles like females but duller.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to New Guinea where locally found in the central mountains.
Poorly known restricted-range species. Seems to be rare but habitat is very remote.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Mountain forest. Occurs at 1400 - 2800m.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds on insects and other arthropods.
Forages on ground and on branches near ground.
No information about breeding.
Probably a resident species.

[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. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422

• List of references

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