Lesser melampitta
| Lesser melampitta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Melampittidae |
| Genus: | Melampitta Schlegel, 1871 |
| Species: | M. lugubris
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| Binomial name | |
| Melampitta lugubris Schlegel, 1871
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| Subspecies | |
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Melampitta lugubris longicauda | |
The lesser melampitta (Melampitta lugubris) is a medium-sized enigmatic
Monarchidae (monarch flycatchers).[3]
A local name, used by the
Ketengban people of the Jayawijaya Mountains, is golík.[4]
It is approximately 18 cm long and has an all-black plumage with long legs and short tail. Both sexes are almost similar, distinguished by the color of the iris. The male has crimson red iris while the female's are dark brown.
The lesser melampitta builds
insects
.
Widespread and a common species throughout its
habitat range, the lesser melampitta is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[5]
Footnotes
References
- ISBN 0-262-63192-X
- Jønsson, Knud A. & Fjeldså, Jon (2006): A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). (HTML abstract)