Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)
Highland Peltops (Peltops montanus) - HBW 14, p. 342
French: Peltopse des montagnes
German: Bergpeltops
Spanish: Peltopo Montano
Other common names: Mountain Peltops/Peltops-flycatcher, Singing Peltops/Peltops-flycatcher/Shieldbill
Taxonomy: Peltops blainvillii montanus Stresemann, 1921, Hunsteinspitze, Sepik Mountains, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with P. blainvillii. Monotypic.
Distribution: Highland New Guinea in Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts and Arfak Mts) and C cordillera from Weyland Mts E to Huon Peninsula and SE peninsula.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds perched on a wire Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 5 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A bird in a tree, looking around Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 July 2005 6 years ago 15 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a wire, under the rain Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 5 years ago 8 sec 3.9
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A fine individual calling and scanning the crops below
Locality Dablin Creek, Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Christian Boix Hinzen 22 July 2003 3 years ago 3.3 -
One of up to eight birds seen at this location.
Locality Dablin Creek, Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
neil osborne 18 August 2010 7 weeks ago 3
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