Lesser Ground-robin (Amalocichla incerta)

Other Names (World)
Lesser Ground-robin, Lesser New Guinea Thrush, Rusty Velvet-thrush, Dubious False-thrush, Lesser Ground Robin

Family
Petroicidae (Australasian Robins)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1875)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Lesser Ground Robin (Amalocichla incerta) [XC140312]
by Ken Behrens from Tembagapura, Freeport, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Lesser Ground Robin (Amalocichla incerta) [XC87540]
by Frank Lambert from Maruba River, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
Relationships of genus uncertain. Formerly placed with thrushes (Turdidae), and possibly does not belong with present family. Birds from Huon Peninsula usually assigned to subspecies brevicauda, but may be closer to olivascentior.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

incerta (Salvadori, 1875) - Arfak Mts, in north-western New Guinea.
olivascentior E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - Central North Coastal Range (Torricelli Mts) and mountains of central New Guinea east to Mt Karimui and perhaps to Aseki area of Morobe Province.
brevicauda De Vis, 1894) - Mountains of Huon Peninsula and south-eastern New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lesser Ground-robin (Amalocichla incerta) - 10 files

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