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 EN    Madanga* Id (Atlas):
    Madanga ruficollis

Description (9)
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Other Names (World)
Madanga, Rufous-throated White-eye, Rufous-collared White-eye White-eye, Buru Mountain White-eye, Rufous-throated Dark-eye

Family
Motacillidae (Pipits And Wagtails)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Rothschild & Hartert, 1923

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 800 - 1,550 m.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia (B) (NB).

Western and central Buru (Mt Kapalatmada and Mada Range), in southern Moluccas.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction as a result of logging and conversion to small-scale agriculture is thought to be the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Monotypic genus, with no obvious close relatives. Perhaps closest to Lophozosterops and Tephrozosterops.

Similar Species
Male Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher (Ficedula buruensis) is much darker above and more extensively rufous on underparts.


References
See References.


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