Animalia Life
Crateroscelis nigrorufa
SUBFAMILY
Acanthizinae
TAXONOMY
Sericornis nigro-rufa Salvadori, 1894, Moroka, New Guinea.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Black-backed mouse-warbler, mid-mountain mousebabbler;
French: Sйricorne noir et roux; German:
Schwarzrьcken-Waldhuscher; Spanish: Ratona Semi Montaсes.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
5 in (12–13 cm); c. 0.35 oz (10 g). Rufous underparts from
chin to lower breast. Abdomen rufous or black, depending on
subspecies. Upperparts are black, flanks brown.
DISTRIBUTION
Scattered through central mountains of New Guinea.
HABITAT
Rainforest at mid-altitudes.
BEHAVIOR
Solitary, in pairs or small groups. Active, rapidly moving through
an area, on the ground or in shrubs. When disturbed, bounces to
and fro. Three-note whistling calls, and scolding alarms.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Forages on the ground, and in low shrubs.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Not well-known. Domed nest is placed in a bush, and is made
of rootlets, moss, grass and feathers. Two white, lightly
marked eggs.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
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