Black-browed Triller (Lalage atrovirens)

Other Names (World)
Black-browed Triller, White-rumped Triller, White-browed Triller, Tanimbar Triller

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1862)

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A whistling series of soft notes 'twee-twee-twee' and 'teweet-teweet'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Black-browed Triller (Lalage atrovirens) [XC140882]
by Bas van Balen from Waropen Atas, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Black-browed Triller (Lalage atrovirens) [XC141245]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Agats, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Rufous-bellied Triller (Lalage aurea), Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela) and Lalage conjuncta. Subspecies sometimes regarded as a full species Tanimbar Triller (Lalage moesta).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

atrovirens (Gray, 1862) - Western Papuan Is (Waigeo, Salawati, Misool), and northern New Guinea from Vogelkop and Bomberai Peninsula east to region of R Sepik and R Ramu.
leucoptera (Schlegel, 1871) - Biak I, in Geelvink Bay. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Biak Triller (Lalage leucoptera).
moesta P. L. Sclater, 1883 - Tanimbar Islands (Arafura Sea). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Tanimbar Triller (Lalage moesta).

References
See References.

Files:

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