Black-chinned Robin - BirdForum Opus

Heteromyias brachyura

Poecilodryas brachyura

Identification

14–15 cm (5½-6 in)

• Black crown and head sides
• Long white supercilium
• Dark grey upperparts

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• H. b. brachyura:

• Western New Guinea (Vogelkop, Wandammen and Weyland mountains)

• H. b. albotaeniata:

• New Guinea (Geelvink Bay region) and Yapen Island

• H. b. dumasi:

• Northern New Guinea (Humboldt Bay to Sepik River)

Habitat

Lowland and foothill forests up to heights around 650 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects, generally caught on the wing.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-chinned Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-chinned_Robin

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