Lesser ground robin

Lesser ground robin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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.

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.