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 LC    Mountain Mouse-warbler* Id (Atlas):
    Crateroscelis robusta

Description (9)
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Other Names (World)
Mountain Mouse-warbler, High-mountain Mouse-warbler, White-throated Mouse-warbler, Mountain Mouse-babbler

Family
Acanthizidae (Thornbills)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(De Vis, 1898)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

 
Mountain Mouse-warbler (Origma robusta) [XC155956]
     by John V. Moore from Arfak Mountains, Indonesia (call)

 
Mountain Mouse-warbler (Origma robusta) [XC155953]
     by Frank Lambert from Arfak Mountains, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies form two groups, sanfordi and bastille brown below and the other four having grey underparts, but whether groups differ vocally, however, is not known. Proposed subspecies pratti (Mt Dayman, extreme south-eastern New Guinea) normally merged with nominate.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

  • ripleyi (De Vis, 1898)   -  Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts), in north-western New Guinea.
  • peninsularis (Hartert, 1930)   -  Arfak Mts, in Vogelkop (north-western New Guinea).
  • sanfordi (Hartert, 1930)   -  Western New Guinea from Wandammen area, and Weyland Mts and Snow Mts, east to Jayawijaya Mts, Victor Emanuel Mts and Hindenburg Mts.
  • deficiens (Hartert, 1930)   -  Northern New Guinea (Cyclops Mts).
  • bastille (Diamond, 1969)   -  Northern New Guinea (Bewani Mts, Torricelli Mts).
  • robusta (De Vis, 1898)   -  Eastern and south-eastern New Guinea from Huon Peninsula (Saruwaged Mts), Sepik Mts and Herzog Mts east to Owen Stanley Range.
  • diamondi (Beehler & Prawiradilaga, 2010)   -  Northern New Guinea (Foja Mountains).



References
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Files:
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