Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Mountain Mouse-warbler (Crateroscelis robusta) - HBW 12, p. 581
French: Séricorne robuste
German: Braunbauch-Waldhuscher
Spanish: Acantiza Robusta
Other common names: High-mountain/White-throated Mouse-warbler, Mountain Mouse-babbler
Taxonomy: Gerygone robusta De Vis, 1898, Wharton Range, south-eastern New Guinea.
Races form two groups, sanfordi and bastille brown below and the other four having grey underparts; whether groups differ vocally, however, is not known. Proposed race pratti (Mt Dayman, extreme SE New Guinea) normally merged with nominate. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ripleyi Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939 - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- peninsularis E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - Arfak Mts, in Vogelkop (NW New Guinea).
- sanfordi E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - W New Guinea from Wandammen area, and Weyland Mts and Snow Mts, E to Jayawijaya Mts, Victor Emanuel Mts and Hindenburg Mts.
- ripleyi Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939 - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- peninsularis E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - Arfak Mts, in Vogelkop (NW New Guinea).
- sanfordi E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - W New Guinea from Wandammen area, and Weyland Mts and Snow Mts, E to Jayawijaya Mts, Victor Emanuel Mts and Hindenburg Mts.
- deficiens E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - N New Guinea (Cyclops Mts).
- bastille Diamond, 1969 - N New Guinea (Bewani Mts, Torricelli Mts).
- robusta (De Vis, 1898) - E & SE New Guinea from Huon Peninsula (Saruwaged Mts), Sepik Mts and Herzog Mts E to Owen Stanley Range.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult collecting food items to bring to the nest. Locality Siyoubrig, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp peninsularis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2008 4 years ago 44 sec 4.2
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song from undergrowth Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp robusta)
Niels Poul Dreyer 18 July 1990 3 years ago 3
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