Animalia Life

Aegotheles albertisi
TAXONOMY
Aegotheles albertisi Sclater, 1874, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea. Three subspecies.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Йgothиle montagnard; German: Bergschwalm; Spanish: Egotelo montano.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
7–8 in (18–20 cm); 0.9–1.5 oz (25–43 g). Rufous and brown morphs; intermediates also occur. Sexes are similar.
DISTRIBUTION
New Guinea mountains.
HABITAT
Montane forests, extending to edges.
BEHAVIOR
Secretive, nocturnal, roosting in hollows during day.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Catches food on ground beneath forest canopy and in clearings, taking insects and earthworms.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Nests in hole in tree stump; clutch apparently a single white egg.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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