Sittellas (Neosittidae)
Black Sittella (Daphoenositta miranda) - HBW 12, p. 641
French: Néositte noire
German: Prachtkleiber
Spanish: Neosita Negra
Other common names: Pink-faced Sittella/Nuthatch, Wonder/Mountain Tree-runner
Taxonomy: Daphoenositta miranda De Vis, 1897, Mount Scratchley, south-east New Guinea.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- frontalis van Oort, 1910 - Snow Mts, in WC New Guinea.
- kuboriensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1952 - Central Highlands (Kubor Range and Mt Giluwe), in EC New Guinea.
- miranda De Vis, 1897 - mountains of SE New Guinea (Mt Tafa, Mt Scratchley and Mt Albert Edward).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird.
Locality Baliem Valley, Jayawijaya Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp frontalis)
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