Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Black-browed Triller (Lalage atrovirens) - HBW 10, p. 103
French: Échenilleur papou
German: Papualalage
Spanish: Oruguero Cejinegro
Other common names: White-rumped Triller(!); White-browed/Tanimbar Triller (moesta)
Taxonomy: Campephaga (Lalage) atrovirens G. R. Gray, 1862, Misool, off west New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with L. aurea, L. leucomela and L. conjuncta. Distinctive race moesta sometimes regarded as a separate species, and may be closer to L. aurea than to present species; in the absence of vocal and behavioural data, however, it is probably better retained here. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atrovirens (G. R. Gray, 1862) - W Papuan Is (Waigeo, Salawati, Misool), and N New Guinea from Vogelkop and Bomberai Peninsula E to region of R Sepik and R Ramu.
- leucoptera (Schlegel, 1871) - Biak I, in Geelvink Bay.
- moesta P. L. Sclater, 1883 - Tanimbar Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Brief view of a male singing, with a section repeated in slow motion (15%). Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp leucoptera)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 3 years ago 24 sec 2.7 -
A bird in a tree, preening. Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp atrovirens)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2008 2 years ago 29 sec 2
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A perched bird.
Locality West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp atrovirens)
mehdhalaouate 24 August 2006 2 years ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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