Green-backed robin
| Green-backed robin | |
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| Male illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Pachycephalopsis |
| Species: | P. hattamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycephalopsis hattamensis (Meyer, 1874)
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The green-backed robin (Pachycephalopsis hattamensis) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Description[edit]
It is sexually monomorphic.[2] It has an olive-green back, rust-colored wings, a rust-colored tail, and a yellow abdomen.[3][4]
Vocalization[edit]
Both sexes vocalize. [2] Their most common vocalization has been described as a "tu-wee" sound. They also produce "piping whistles" and "raspy chur-chatters."[2]
Breeding and Nesting[edit]
It breeds during New Guinea's wet season, and lays eggs in cup-shaped nests low to the ground in trees.[2] Little research has been done on clutch size, but one egg is recorded as a seemingly typical clutch size.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pachycephalopsis hattamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22704917A93990735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704917A93990735.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Donaghey, Richard Hallam, and Carolyn A. Donaghey. "Nest, egg and vocalisations of the Green-backed Robin Pachycephalopsis hattamensis in the Arfak Mountains, West Papua." Kukila 22 (2019): 21-29.
- ^ Coates, B.J. 1990. The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Volume II. Passerines. Dove Publications, Brisbane.
- ^ Pratt, T.K. & B.M Beehler. 2015. Birds of New Guinea. 2nd edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.