Biology:Greater melampitta

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Short description: Species of bird

Greater melampitta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Melampittidae
Genus: Megalampitta
Schodde & Christidis, 2014
Species:
M. gigantea
Binomial name
Megalampitta gigantea
(Rothschild, 1899)
Synonyms

Melampitta gigantea

The greater melampitta (Megalampitta gigantea) is a species of bird in the family Melampittidae. It is the only species in the genus Megalampitta, although it was once placed in the genus Melampitta with the lesser melampitta.[2] Formerly classified as a bird-of-paradise, the little-known greater melampitta has an uncertain taxonomy and is sometimes believed to be affiliated to pitohuis, as it appears to be poisonous to eat (Frith and Beehler 1998).

It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is often found in karsts, and nests in narrow limestone sinkholes.[3] It is primarily ground-dwelling, and cannot fly for long distances.[3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Megalampitta gigantea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22706088A94050207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706088A94050207.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22706088/94050207. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Schodde, R.; Christidis, L. (2014). "Relicts from Tertiary Australasia: undescribed families and subfamilies of songbirds (Passeriformes) and their zoogeographic signal". Zootaxa 3786 (5): 501–522. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.5.1. PMID 24869551. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Müller, Ingo A.; Thörn, Filip; Rajan, Samyuktha; Ericson, Per; Dumbacher, John P.; Maiah, Gibson; Blom, Mozes; Jønsson, Knud A. et al. (2023-10-22). "Species-specific dynamics may cause deviations from general biogeographical predictions – evidence from a population genomics study of a New Guinean endemic passerine bird family (Melampittidae)". http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.19.563072. 

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