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 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D 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).