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 LC    Spotted Jewel-babbler* Id (Atlas):
    Ptilorrhoa leucosticta

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Spotted Jewel-Babbler, High-mountain Eupetes, High-mountain Rail-babbler, Mountain Scrub-robin, White-spotted Scrub-thrush

Family
Cinclosomatidae (Quail-thrushes And Jewel-babblers)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

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

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 (22)...)

 
Spotted Jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa leucosticta) [XC62591]
     by Frank Lambert from Garden House, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia (call)

 
Spotted Jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa leucosticta) [XC387255]
     by Iain Woxvold from Rondon Ridge, Mount Hagen, Dei District, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

  • leucosticta (Sclater, 1874)   -  Mountains of the Vogelkop, in north-western New Guinea.
  • mayri (Hartert, 1930)   -  Wandammen Mts, south of Geelvink Bay (north-western New Guinea).
  • centralis (Mayr, 1936)   -  Weyland Mts, Nassau Range and Oranje Range, eastern possibly to Star Mts (west-central New Guinea).
  • sibilans (Mayr, 1931)   -  Cyclops Mts, on northern coast of New Guinea.
  • menawa (Diamond, 1969)   -  Bewani Mts (Mt Menawa), in central North Coastal Range of New Guinea.
  • amabilis (Mayr, 1931)   -  Saruwaged Mts, in Huon Peninsula (north-eastern New Guinea).
  • loriae (Salvadori, 1896)   -  Mt Hagen and Schraderberg east through mountains of south-eastern New Guinea.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Spotted Jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa leucosticta) - 10 files


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