Lesser ground robin

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Lesser ground robin
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
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.

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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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