Animalia Life
Aleadryas rufinucha
SUBFAMILY
Pachycephalinae
TAXONOMY
Pachycephala rufinucha Sclater, 1874, New Guinea, mountains
of Vogelkop. Five subspecies.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Siffleur а nuque rousse; German: Rotnacken-Dickkopf;
Spanish: Chiflador de Nuca Rufa.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
6.5–7 in (16.5–18 cm); 0.03–0.09 lb (37.5–42.5 g). Gray crown
with rufous nape, yellow throat, and olive-brown upperparts.
DISTRIBUTION
New Guinea from 3,960 to 11,880 ft (1,200 to 3,600 m),
mainly 4,600–8,500 ft (1,400–2,600 m); A. r. rufinucha: northwest
New Guinea; A. r. niveifrons: west and central New
Guinea; A. r. gamblei: southeast New Guinea; A. r. prasinonota:
Herzog Mountains, northeast New Guinea; A. r. lochmia:
Huon Peninsula, northeast New Guinea.
HABITAT
Mountain forest and secondary growth.
BEHAVIOR
Sedentary. Spends most of its time on the ground or in low
vegetation, sometimes moving to higher elevations in the forest.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Eats mainly insects and small invertebrates, also fruit.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Two white eggs with dark markings laid in a deep cup nest of
moss, ferns, and rootlets, usually placed low in a sapling, sometimes
in a higher site.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened. Moderately common but relatively secretive.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
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