Adult greenish above, with forehead, face, throat and breast rufous, barred white and green below; iris from reddish brown in male to brown in female, bill black, feet olive grey, Juvenile greenish above, grey below, flanks faintly barred grey, iris dark brown. Voice: Song 8- 9 sec, higher- pitched than song of C. meyeri.
Not Threatened.
Adult greenish above, with forehead, face, throat and breast rufous, barred white and green below; iris from reddish brown in male to brown in female, bill black, feet olive grey, Juvenile greenish above, grey below, flanks faintly barred grey, iris dark brown. Voice: Song 8- 9 sec, higher- pitched than song of C. meyeri.
16 cm; 23,5 g (laying female).
Taxonomy:
- Lamprococcyx ruficollis Salvadori, 1875, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea. Asian and Australasian forms of Chrysococcyx sometimes placed in genus Chalcites. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
- New Guinea.
Montane forest and edge in New Guinea highlandds; mainly at 1800- 2600 m, up to 3350 m.
Insects, mainly caterpillars, also flying insects. Joins mixed- species flocks of foraging birds; sits motionless, staring and peering about for insects under small branches, then moves and seizes the insect.
No information available. Presumably brood- parasitic.