Lesser ground robin

Species of songbird native to New Guinea

Lesser ground robin
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Amalocichla
Species:
A. incerta
Binomial name
Amalocichla incerta
(Salvadori, 1876)

The lesser ground robin (Amalocichla incerta) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Description

It is 15 cm long and is dark brown with paler underparts and a white throat.

Mating and nesting

It nests on the ground or in low tree hollows.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Amalocichla incerta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22704761A110987852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22704761A110987852.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Norman, Janette A.; Boles, Walter E.; Christidis, Les (November 2009). "Relationships of the New Guinean songbird genera Amalocichla and Pachycare based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences". Journal of Avian Biology. 40 (6): 640–645. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048x.2009.04722.x. ISSN 0908-8857.
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Petroicidae (Australasian robins)
Amalocichla
  • Greater ground robin (A. sclateriana)
  • Lesser ground robin (A. incerta)
Drymodes
  • Southern scrub robin (D. brunneopygia)
  • Northern scrub robin (D. superciliaris)
  • Papuan scrub robin (D. beccarii)
Heteromyias
  • Grey-headed robin (H. cinereifrons)
  • Ashy robin (H. albispecularis)
Poecilodryas
  • Black-chinned robin (P. brachyura)
  • Black-sided robin (P. hypoleuca)
  • Buff-sided robin (P. cerviniventris)
  • White-browed robin (P. superciliosa)
  • Black-throated robin (P. albonotata)
  • Banded yellow robin (P. placens)
Tregellasia
  • Pale-yellow robin (T. capito)
  • White-faced robin (T. leucops)
Eopsaltria
  • Eastern yellow robin (E. australis)
  • Western yellow robin (E. griseogularis)
  • White-breasted robin (E. georgiana)
Peneoenanthe
  • Mangrove robin (P. pulverulenta)
Peneothello
  • White-rumped robin (P. bimaculata)
  • Smoky robin (P. cryptoleuca)
  • Slaty robin (P. cyanus)
  • White-winged robin (P. sigillata)
Melanodryas
  • Hooded robin (M. cucullata)
  • Dusky robin (M. vittata)
Pachycephalopsis
  • Green-backed robin (P. hattamensis)
  • White-eyed robin (P. poliosoma)
Eugerygone
  • Garnet robin (E. rubra)
Petroica
  • Snow Mountains robin (P. archboldi)
  • South Island robin (P. australis)
  • Mountain robin (P. bivittata)
  • Scarlet robin (P. boodang)
  • Red-capped robin (P. goodenovii)
  • North Island robin (P. longipes)
  • Tomtit (P. macrocephala)
    • Chatham tomtit (P. m.  chathamensis)
  • Pacific robin (P. pusilla)
  • Norfolk robin (P. multicolor)
  • Flame robin (P. phoenicea)
  • Pink robin (P. rodinogaster)
  • Rose robin (P. rosea)
  • Black robin (P. traversi)
Microeca
  • Jacky winter (M. fascinans)
  • Lemon-bellied flyrobin (M. flavigaster)
  • Yellow-bellied flyrobin (M. flaviventris)
  • Olive flyrobin (M. flavovirescens)
  • Yellow-legged flyrobin (M. griseoceps)
  • Golden-bellied flyrobin (M. hemixantha)
  • Canary flyrobin (M. papuana)
Monachella
  • Torrent flyrobin (M. muelleriana)
Taxon identifiers
Amalocichla incerta


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