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 LC    Wattled Ploughbill* Id (Atlas):
    Eulacestoma nigropectus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Wattled Ploughbill, Wattled Shrike-tit, Ploughshare Tit

Family
Eulacestomidae (Ploughbill)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
De Vis, 1894

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,950 - 2,850 m.

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

Central and eastern New Guinea from Weyland Mts east to mountains of south-east.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A thin, level whistle. A series of rising and falling whistles. A buzzing note.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

 
Wattled Ploughbill (Eulacestoma nigropectus) [XC634373]
     by Frank Lambert from Enga Province; Kumul Lodge, Papua New Guinea (song)

 
Wattled Ploughbill (Eulacestoma nigropectus) [XC279376]
     by Barry Edmonston from \, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Affinities uncertain. A recent proposal separates present genus and Falcunculus in a narrow family Falcunculidae.

Proposed subspecies clara, from central ranges (Weyland Mts east to Mt Hagen and Kubor Mts), considered inseparable from populations elsewhere.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • clara Stresemann & Paludan, 1934   -  Central Highlands of New Guinea.
  • nigropectus De Vis, 1894   -  New Guinea.



References
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Files:
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