The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
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3
62
journal article
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10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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BIAK BLACK FLYCATCHER
Myiagra atra
# RR, Near Threatened
Range
Biak, Supiori, Owi, Rani, Numfor.
Status
Teluk Cenderawasih Islands
endemic.
Obtained
by four collectors including
Ripley
(
Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939
) and recorded by most visitors.
Widespread
and generally common in well-developed secondary forest, selectively logged and primary forest to
c
.
400 m
(
KDB
;
Supiori
).
Mostly
encountered in the midstorey and canopy of primary forest where frequent in mixed-species flocks of insectivores.
13 January 1994
: one on
Owi
(
P. Gregory
in litt
. 2000).
Breeding
26 April 2007
: a nest was observed near Wirmaker. Occupied by a female, it was on an oblique branch
c
.
3.5 m
above ground in a small tree on a slope. The nest was constructed of fine fibres, rotund and densely covered with small leaves on its outside (SvB).
25 August 2007
: nest with three chicks on a horizontal branch
c.
4 m
above ground in rather open habitat with low trees; fed by male and female (Bengtsson 2007).