The blue jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa caerulescens) is a species of bird in the family Cinclosomatidae, endemic to New Guinea.
| Blue jewel-babbler | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cinclosomatidae |
| Genus: | Ptilorrhoa |
| Species: | P. caerulescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilorrhoa caerulescens (Temminck, 1836) | |
In Wampar, spoken among the people who live in Markham Valley of New Guinea, it is referred to as the birisis.[2] Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland rainforests, typically primary rather than secondary forests.[3]
Vocal behaviour
editIts call consists of a series of rapid notes at a constant pitch; it starts loud and gets progressively louder.[4]
Subspecies
editSource:[4]
- P. c. caerulescens
- P. c. neumanni
- P. c. nigricrissus
- P. c. geislerorum
References
edit- ↑ BirdLife International 2017. Ptilorrhoa caerulescens (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103693158A112514001. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103693158A112514001.en. Downloaded on 19 August 2019.
- ↑ Fischer, Hans; Beer, Bettina (2021-12-09), "English–Wampar Finder List", Wampar–English Dictionary with an English–Wampar finder list, ANU Press, pp. 287–345, doi:10.22459/wed.2021.03, hdl:1885/258970, ISBN 978-1-76046-478-3
- ↑ Hughes, Emma C.; Edwards, David P.; Sayer, Catherine A.; Martin, Philip A.; Thomas, Gavin H. (2020-05-05). "The effects of tropical secondary forest regeneration on avian phylogenetic diversity". Journal of Applied Ecology. 57 (7): 1351–1362. Bibcode:2020JApEc..57.1351H. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13639. ISSN 0021-8901.
- 1 2 Diamond, Jared; Bishop, K. David; Sneider, Richard (2019-10-10). "An avifaunal double suture zone at the Bird's Neck Isthmus of New Guinea". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 131 (3): 435. doi:10.1676/18-167. ISSN 1559-4491. S2CID 204026687.