White-faced Robin (Tregellasia leucops) [XC435821]
by Marc Anderson from Cook's Hut Camping Area, Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia (call)
White-faced Robin (Tregellasia leucops) [XC764706]
by id from Greenhoose forest Lockhart, Cook Shire, Queensland, Australia (call)
Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of small strips of bark and leaves, bound with cobweb, lined with small dead leaves and decorated on the outside with modd, strips of bark, usually in a low vine, up to 10 meters above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2; pale blue-green, freckled with dull red, chestnut and grey, concentrated at the larger end; oval; about 19 x 14 mm.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous.
Subspecies
The following 10 subspecies are recognised:
leucops (Salvadori, 1876) - Mountains of Vogelkop, New Guinea.
mayri (Hartert, 1930) - Wandammen Mts and the western part of Weyland Mts, New Guinea.
nigroorbitalis (Rothschild & Hartert, 1913) - Southern slopes of Nassau and Oranje Mts, New Guinea.
heurni (Hartert, 1932) - Eastern part of Weyland Mts and mountains of upper Mamberano River, New Guinea.
nigriceps (Neumann, 1922) - Victor Emanuel Mts and southern slopes of Oranje Mts, New Guinea.
melanogenys (Meyer, AB, 1893) - Hills of northern New Guinea from Cyclops Mts to Aicora River.
wahgiensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1952 - Kubor and Wahgi Mts and Aroa River, area eastern New Guinea.
albifacies (Sharpe, 1882) - Mountains of south-eastern New Guinea.
auricularis (Mayr & Rand, 1935) - Oriomo River, southern New Guinea.
Similar Species
Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis), (subspecies: chrysorrhoa) which is slightly larger, lacks the white white of pale buff lores, has black legs and a yellow rump and Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito) which has a grey head, has a less prominent pale area around the eye and lores and has a faint, whitish wing bar.
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
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