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| - | {{incomplete}} | + | '''Alternative name: Mayr's Streaked Honeyeater''' |
| | ;[[:Category:Ptiloprora|Ptiloprora]] mayri | | ;[[:Category:Ptiloprora|Ptiloprora]] mayri |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | 19.5cm. A large, streaked Honeyeater. |
| | + | * Black-brown to dusky black top and side of head, neck and upperbody |
| | + | * Irregular pale grey streaking on top of head merging to pale rufous-brown mottling on lower hindneck and side of neck and to heavy pale rufous-brown mottling on mantle, back and scapulars |
| | + | * More diffuse and weaker mottling on rest of upperbody |
| | + | * Blackish-brown upperwing and uppertail |
| | + | * Light grey below |
| | + | * Diffusely mottled dusky on chin and throat |
| | + | * Distinctly streaked dusky grey on breast and belly, merging to dusky grey with rufous tinge and streaked with pale rufous-brown on sides of breast and belly and on flanks |
| | + | * Washed rufous-brown or yellowish vent and undertail-coverts only faintly streaked |
| | + | * Brownish-grey undertail |
| | + | Sexes similar, males larger than females.<br /> |
| | + | Juveniles are washed olive or greenish-yellow below. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Indonesia]] and [[Papua New Guinea]]. | + | Endemic to [[New Guinea]].<br /> |
| - | | + | A poorly known restricted-range species but abundant in its small range. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Formerly considered conspecific with [[Rufous-backed Honeyeater]], [[Rufous-sided Honeyeater]] and [[Black-backed Honeyeater]]. May form a superspecies with [[Rufous-backed Honeyeater]].<br /> |
| | + | Two subspecies recognized: |
| | + | * ''P. m. mayri'' in the Foja Mountains and Cyclops Mountains |
| | + | * ''P. m. acrophila'' on the summit of Mount Menawa (Bewani Mountains) |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Moist montanes | + | Hill and montane forest, moss forest and secondary forest.<br /> |
| | + | Nominate subspecies occurs at 1200-2150m, ''acrophila'' from 1280 to 1885m. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | | + | Feeds on insects, nectar and fruit.<br /> |
| | + | Forages from understorey to canopy.<br /> |
| | + | Females ready to lay were observed in early September. No other information on breeding.<br /> |
| | + | A sedentary species. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol13}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Ptiloprora+mayri}} | | {{GSearch|Ptiloprora+mayri}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Ptiloprora]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Ptiloprora]] |
Current revision
Alternative name: Mayr's Streaked Honeyeater
- Ptiloprora mayri
[edit] Identification
19.5cm. A large, streaked Honeyeater.
- Black-brown to dusky black top and side of head, neck and upperbody
- Irregular pale grey streaking on top of head merging to pale rufous-brown mottling on lower hindneck and side of neck and to heavy pale rufous-brown mottling on mantle, back and scapulars
- More diffuse and weaker mottling on rest of upperbody
- Blackish-brown upperwing and uppertail
- Light grey below
- Diffusely mottled dusky on chin and throat
- Distinctly streaked dusky grey on breast and belly, merging to dusky grey with rufous tinge and streaked with pale rufous-brown on sides of breast and belly and on flanks
- Washed rufous-brown or yellowish vent and undertail-coverts only faintly streaked
- Brownish-grey undertail
Sexes similar, males larger than females.
Juveniles are washed olive or greenish-yellow below.
[edit] Distribution
Endemic to New Guinea.
A poorly known restricted-range species but abundant in its small range.
[edit] Taxonomy
Formerly considered conspecific with Rufous-backed Honeyeater, Rufous-sided Honeyeater and Black-backed Honeyeater. May form a superspecies with Rufous-backed Honeyeater.
Two subspecies recognized:
- P. m. mayri in the Foja Mountains and Cyclops Mountains
- P. m. acrophila on the summit of Mount Menawa (Bewani Mountains)
[edit] Habitat
Hill and montane forest, moss forest and secondary forest.
Nominate subspecies occurs at 1200-2150m, acrophila from 1280 to 1885m.
[edit] Behaviour
Feeds on insects, nectar and fruit.
Forages from understorey to canopy.
Females ready to lay were observed in early September. No other information on breeding.
A sedentary species.
[edit] References
- 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
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
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