Alternative name: Tanimbar Triller
- Lalage moesta
Identification
18-19 cm.
- Black forehead to nape, lores, upper ear-coverts and upperparts, glossed blue-green
- White supercilium
- Black wings with two white wing-bars and white on tertials
- White rump
- Pure white chin, throat, lower ear-coverts and rest of underparts
Sexes similar.
Distribution
Endemic to Tanimbar Islands, Moluccas, Indonesia.
Common in its small range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Black-browed Triller.
Habitat
Found in forest, at forest edge, in secondary growth, scrub, gardens and mangroves.
Occurs mainly in lowlands.
Behaviour
Usually seen singly, in pairs or in small groups, sometimes in mixed-species flocks.
Diet
Feeds on fruit and arthropods.
Forages in the tree canopy and in middle storey of forest.
Breeding
No information.
Movements
No movements known.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-browed Triller. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-browed_Triller
