Mountain robin | |
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Specimen from Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Petroicidae |
Genus: | Petroica |
Species: | P. bivittata |
Binomial name | |
Petroica bivittata De Vis, 1897 |
The mountain robin (Petroica bivittata), also known as subalpine robin, alpine robin or cloud-forest robin, is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found sparsely throughout the New Guinea Highlands.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subalpine shrubland. The robin eats insects, caught in flight.
Two subspecies have been noted, Petroica bivittata bivittata and Petroica bivittata caudata.
References
- ^ BirdLife International 2017. Petroica bivittata (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22704795A118819276. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22704795A118819276.en. Downloaded on 01 March 2019
- "Mountain Robin ยท Petroica bivittata ยท De Vis, 1897". xeno-canto. Xeno-canto Foundation. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Subalpine Robin (Petroica bivittata)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- "ADW: Petroica bivittata: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
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