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 LC    Long-tailed Triller* Id (Atlas): 962
    Lalage leucopyga

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Long-tailed Triller, Norfolk Island Sparrow, Black-and-White Sparrow

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1838)

Derivation
Lal'-a-ge - Lalage, girl's name (classical): lëüc-o-pyg'-i-a - Gk, leucos, white; Gk, pyge, rump, tail

Abundance (Guide)
E

Extinct. On Norfolk Island extinction probably due to predation by Black Rat, but also from habitat loss.

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, heavily degraded former forest.

On Norfolk Island, rainforest and other wooded habitats.

Range (Guide)
New Caledonia, Norfolk Island (E) (B), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.

Image of Range of Long-tailed Triller
Norfolk Island (extinct).
 
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
Extinct.

See also EPBC Act List of Threatened Fauna for subspecies leucopyga (Norfolk Island - extinct).

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Call is a short rasping note. Song is a loud melodious 'tee-zeeia-tee-zeeia-tee-zeeia'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

 
Long-tailed Triller (Lalage leucopyga) [XC593080]
     by id from Nusemetu conservation area, Vanuatu (call)

 
Long-tailed Triller (Lalage leucopyga) [XC32865]
     by Niels Krabbe from mid Baranaigasi Ridge, Makira, Solomon Islands (call, calls of a group)

Breeding Season (Guide)
September - February on Norfolk Island.

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Nest
Shallow, cup-shaped, composed of moss, lichen and root fibers, lined with similar finer material, in a tree or bush.

Eggs (Guide)
Usually 2, occasionally 3; pale green, tinged slightly grey, with thick, irregularly shaped longitudinal marks of different shades of olive-brown and sparse freckles, and dull bluish-grey markings on the larger end; oval; 22 x 17 mm.

Subspecies
Nominate subspecies is extinct.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

  • leucopyga ! (Gould, 1838)   -  Norfolk Island. Extinct.
  • affinis (Tristram, 1879)   -  South-eastern Solomon Is (San Cristobal, Uki).
  • deficiens Mayr & Ripley, 1941   -  Torres Is and Banks Is.
  • albiloris Mayr & Ripley, 1941   -  Northern and central Vanuatu.
  • simillima (Sarasin, 1913)   -  Southern Vanuatu and Loyalty Is.
  • montrosieri Verreaux, J & Des Murs, 1860   -  New Caledonia.



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 Long-tailed Triller (Lalage leucopyga) - 10 files


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