Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
Rusty Mouse-warbler (Crateroscelis murina) - HBW 12, p. 580
French: Séricorne fauve
German: Braunrücken-Waldhuscher
Spanish: Acantiza Ratona
Other common names: Chanting/Lowland/Rusty Mouse-warbler, Lowland/Rusty Mouse-babbler
Taxonomy: Brachypteryx murinus P. L. Sclater, 1858, Lobo, Triton Bay, south-western New Guinea.
Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- capitalis Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta).
- fumosa Ripley, 1957 - Misool (S West Papuan Is).
- murina (P. L. Sclater, 1858) - Salawati (West Papuan Is) and Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay), and most of mainland New Guinea.
- capitalis Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta).
- fumosa Ripley, 1957 - Misool (S West Papuan Is).
- murina (P. L. Sclater, 1858) - Salawati (West Papuan Is) and Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay), and most of mainland New Guinea.
- monacha (G. R. Gray, 1858) - Aru Is.
- pallida Rand, 1938 - Trans-Fly lowlands of S New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female
Locality Wanang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Krystof Chmel 11 August 2011 12 weeks ago 4.2
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A singing bird Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
(ssp murina)
dreyernp 7 July 1990 2 years ago 4 -
Single bird singing from the understorey mid afternoon. Locality Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Sam Woods 1 September 2008 2 years ago 4
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