Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
Greater Ground-robin (Amalocichla sclateriana) - HBW 12, p. 467
French: Grande Pseudobrève
German: Große Pittadrossel
Spanish: Petroica Terrestre Grande
Other common names: Greater New Guinea Thrush, Cloudforest Velvet-thrush, Sclater’s False-thrush
Taxonomy: Amalocichla sclateriana De Vis, 1892, Mount Owen Stanley, New Guinea.
Relationships of genus uncertain; formerly placed with thrushes (Turdidae), and possibly does not belong with present family. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- occidentalis Rand, 1940 - Oranje Mts, in C New Guinea.
- sclateriana De Vis, 1892 - mountains of SE New Guinea (Mt Albert Edward, English Peaks, Mt Scratchley, Mt Kenevi, Mt Suckling).
- Least Concern
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