Samoan triller

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Samoan triller
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Lalage
Species:
L. sharpei
Binomial name
Lalage sharpei
Rothschild, 1900
Lalage sharpei distribution map.svg
     Geographic range of the Samoan triller

The Samoan triller (Lalage sharpei), known in Samoan as miti tae, is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. [2] It is endemic to Samoa. [3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

The Samoan triller is a bird with a length of about 13 cm, smaller than its relative, the Polynesian triller. [2] [4] There is no sexual dimorphism in Samoan trillers, with both sexes possessing similar plumage, a yellow bill, and white iris. [4] [5] The upperparts of the plumage range from a brown to a grey-brown. [4] The underparts, chest, and throat are white, with faint brown bars present on the bird's flanks. [4] [6]

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<i>Lalage</i> (bird)

Lalage is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae, many of which are commonly known as trillers. There are about 18 species which occur in southern Asia and Australasia with a number of species on Pacific islands. They feed mainly on insects and fruit. They build a neat cup-shaped nest high in a tree.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Lalage sharpei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. 1 2 Goldin, M. R. (2002). Field Guide to the Sāmoan Archipelago: Fish, Wildlife, and Protected Areas . Honolulu: Bess Press. pp.  230. ISBN   9781573061117.
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World - Alive: Samoan triller
  4. 1 2 3 4 Dhondt, A. (1976). "Bird observations in Western Samoa" (PDF). Notornis. 23: 29–43.
  5. Mayr, E.; Ripley, S. D. (1941). "Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea expedition. XLIV, Notes on the genus Lalage Boie" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (1116): 1–18.
  6. Mayr, E. (1945). Birds of the Southwest Pacific. New York: Macmillan.