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Alternative names: Mountain Robin; Cloud-forest Robin; Subalpine Robin

Photo by mehdhalaouate
Baliem Valley, August 2007
Petroica bivittata

Identification

11·5 cm

  • Black head, neck and upperparts
  • White forehead
  • Brownish-black remiges and greater upper-wing-­coverts

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • P. b. caudata:
  • P. b. bivittata:

Habitat

Mountain forests and sub-alpine shrubland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects which are caught aerially.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)

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