The green-backed robin (Pachycephalopsis hattamensis) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
| Green-backed robin | |
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| Male illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Pachycephalopsis |
| Species: | P. hattamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycephalopsis hattamensis (Meyer, 1874)
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Description
editIt is sexually monomorphic.[2] It has an olive-green back, rust-colored wings, a rust-colored tail, and a yellow abdomen.[3][4]
Vocalization
editBoth sexes vocalize. [2] Their most common vocalization has been described as a "tu-wee" sound. They also produce "piping whistles" and "raspy chur-chatters."[2]
Breeding and Nesting
editIt breeds during New Guinea's wet season, and lays eggs in cup-shaped nests low to the ground in trees.[2] Little research has been done on clutch size, but one egg is recorded as a seemingly typical clutch size.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pachycephalopsis hattamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22704917A93990735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704917A93990735.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Donaghey, Richard Hallam, and Carolyn A. Donaghey. "Nest, egg and vocalisations of the Green-backed Robin Pachycephalopsis hattamensis in the Arfak Mountains, West Papua." Kukila 22 (2019): 21-29.
- ^ Coates, B.J. 1990. The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Volume II. Passerines. Dove Publications, Brisbane.
- ^ Pratt, T.K. & B.M Beehler. 2015. Birds of New Guinea. 2nd edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.