Black-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus nigripectus)

Other Names (World)
Black-breasted Boatbill, Black-breasted Boat-billed Flycatcher, Black breasted Flatbill, Black breasted Flatbill-flycatcher

Family
Machaerirhynchidae (Boatbills)

Size
13 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Schlegel, 1871

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Black-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus nigripectus) [XC279366]
by Nick Athanas from \, Papua New Guinea (alarm)

Black-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus nigripectus) [XC155611]
by Hans Matheve from Baliem Valley, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Relationships of genus uncertain and it has been suggested that this species and Yellow-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer) should be placed in a separate family of their own.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

nigripectus Schlegel, 1871 - Mountains of Vogelkop, in north-western New Guinea.
saturatus Rothschild & Hartert, 1913 - Mountains of central New Guinea.
harterti van Oort, 1909 - Mountains of Huon Peninsula and south-eastern New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus nigripectus) - 10 files

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