Torrent-lark
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Torrent-lark | |
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Male (left) and female (right) by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Grallina |
Species: | G. bruijnii
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Binomial name | |
Grallina bruijnii Salvadori, 1876
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The torrent-lark (Grallina bruijnii) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found on New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Though most Monarchidae birds make their nests out of plant materials, the torrent-lark makes its nest out of mud.[2]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grallina bruijni.
Wikispecies has information related to Grallina bruijnii.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Grallina bruijnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707429A94123442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707429A94123442.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Perez, Daniela M.; Gardner, Janet L.; Medina, Iliana (2020-12-03). "Climate as an Evolutionary Driver of Nest Morphology in Birds: A Review". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.566018. ISSN 2296-701X.
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