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- Lalage maculosa
Identification
15 to 16 cm long. Geographical plumage variation between black and white or grey/brown
Distribution
Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu and the Santa Cruz Islands.
Taxonomy
- L.m. ultima. Efate.
- L.m. modesta. North and central Vanuatu.
- L.m. melanopygia. Santa Cruz Is.
- L.m. vanikorensis. Vanikolo I.
- L.m. soror. Kandavu.
- L.m. pumila. Viti Levu.
- L.m. mixta. central and northwestern Fiji.
- L.m. woodi. Vanua Levu
- L.m. rotumae. Rotuma I.
- L.m. nesophila. Lau Archipelago.
- L.m tabuensis. Tonga.
- L.m vauena. Vava'u Group.
- L.m. keppeli. Keppel and Boscawen Is.
- L.m. futunae. Futuna I.
- L.m. whitmeei. Niue.
- L.m. maculosa. Upolu, Savai'i
Habitat
Plantations and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
Insects and fruit
Breeding
The clutch consits of 1-2 green eggs with brown splodges which are laid in a cup-shaped nest.
Vocalisation
Rather a noisy bird
Song: short and high-pitched
Call: rather nasal and rasping
References
Wikipedia
