Jewel-babblers and allies (Eupetidae)
Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa castanonota) - HBW 12, p. 368
French: Ptilorrhoa à dos roux
German: Buntflöter
Spanish: Zordala Dorsicastaña
Other common names: Mid-mountain Eupetes/Jewel-babbler/Rail-babbler, Chestnut-backed Scrub-thrush
Taxonomy: Eupetes castanonotus Salvadori, 1876, Mount Morait, Vogelkop, New Guinea.
Several recently discovered populations represented by extremely few, if any, specimens; thus, racial identity of those on Yapen I and others in Wandammen Mts, Bomberai Peninsula (Fakfak Mts, Kumawa Mts) and Gauttier Mts (near W part of N coast) undetermined. Seven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gilliardi (Greenway, 1966) - Batanta I, in NW New Guinea.
- castanonota (Salvadori, 1876) - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- saturata (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1911) - Nassau Mts, in WC New Guinea.
- gilliardi (Greenway, 1966) - Batanta I, in NW New Guinea.
- castanonota (Salvadori, 1876) - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- saturata (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1911) - Nassau Mts, in WC New Guinea.
- uropygialis (Rand, 1940) - N slopes of Oranje Mts and C North Coastal Range (Torricelli Mts), in WC & N New Guinea.
- buergersi (Mayr, 1931) - NE New Guinea (Sepik Mts, Adelbert Mts, probably also W Finisterre Mts).
- par (Meise, 1930) - Saruwaged Mts, in Huon Peninsula (NE New Guinea).
- pulchra (Sharpe, 1882) - mountains of SE New Guinea (from Herzog Mts and Mt Karimui E to E Owen Stanley Range).
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A male foraging on the forest ground.
Locality Sogeri Plateau, Central Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp pulchra)
Brian J. Coates 33 weeks ago 4.5
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Alarms given in response to playback of the long whistle call. Locality Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Sam Woods 23 September 2008 3 years ago 4 -
3 notes up down up Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp pulchra)
Niels Poul Dreyer 17 July 1990 3 years ago 3
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