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 LC    Yellow-legged Flycatcher* Id (Atlas): 395
    Kempiella griseoceps

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Yellow-legged Flyrobin, Yellow-legged Flycatcher, Grey-headed Flycatcher, Gray-headed Flycatcher, Little Yellow Flycatcher, Yellow Flycatcher, Microeca Flycatcher, Yellow-footed Flycatcher, Grey-headed Flycatcher-robin, Gray-headed Flycatcher-robin, Little Yellow Robin, White-lored Robin, White-lored Shrike-robin

Family
Petroicidae (Australasian Robins)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(De Vis, 1894)

Derivation
Mic-roec'-a - Gk, micros, small; Gk, oikos, house: gris-e'-o-ceps - L., griseus, grey; ceps, from L., caput, capitis, head

Abundance (Guide)
MC

Common. Sedentary.

Habitat
Rainforest and monsoon forest, including vine forest, inhabiting the less dense areas. Also, heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)
Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Image of Range of Yellow-legged Flycatcher
Cape York Peninsula south to the McIlwraith Range, Qld.
 
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
Endangered.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually singly.

Food
Insects.

Voice
Subdued piping, 'zzt, zzt, zzt'. Also a clear whistle, repeated.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

 
Yellow-legged Flyrobin (Kempiella griseoceps) [XC158316]
     by Phil Gregory from Iron Range NP, Queensland, Australia (call)

 
Yellow-legged Flyrobin (Kempiella griseoceps) [XC158312]
     by Henk Krajenbrink from Iron Range NP, Queensland, Australia (call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
October - February.

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Nest
Cup, small, neat, composed of fine black rootlets, bound with cobweb and decorated with strips of paperbark and lichen, placed in a tee about 10 m above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
2; pale blue speckled and blotched dark brown and grey; long-oval; about 15 x 12 mm.

Young
Probably altricial, nidicolous.

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • griseoceps (De Vis, 1894)   -  Mountains of south-eastern New Guinea, Herzog Mts and lowlands of southern New Guinea.
  • kempi Mathews, 1913   -  North-eastern Cape York Peninsula, Qld, and possibly in the Trans-Fly of south-central New Guinea.
  • occidentalis (Rothschild & Hartert, 1903)   -  New Guinea mountains (Vogelkop and east to Victor Emanuel Range, Sepik Mts and Adelbert Mts).


Similar Species
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (Microeca flavigaster) which has dark legs and feet, a blackish bill save for a small paler brown, buff or whitish base to the lower mandible, visible only from below, and is generally larger.

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References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


Files:
JPG files for Yellow-legged Flycatcher (Kempiella griseoceps) - 10 filesMP3 files for Yellow-legged Flycatcher (Kempiella griseoceps) - 1 files


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