Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Bicoloured Mouse-warbler (Crateroscelis nigrorufa) - HBW 12, p. 580
French: Séricorne noir et roux
German: Schwarzrücken-Waldhuscher
Spanish: Acantiza Bicolor
Other common names: Black-backed/Black-headed/Mid-mountain Mouse-warbler, Mid-mountain Mouse-babbler
Taxonomy: Sericornis nigro-rufa Salvadori, 1894, Moroka, New Guinea.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- blissi Stresemann & Paludan, 1934 - W New Guinea (Weyland Mts and N slope of Snow Mts).
- nigrorufa (Salvadori, 1894) - E & SE New Guinea discontinuously from upper R Sepik (Thurnwald Range), Mt Giluwe, Tari Gap and Wahgi area E to Huon Peninsula (Saruwaged Mts), Wharton Range and Owen Stanley Mts.
- Least Concern
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