Adult male brown above, crown and malar streak glossy black, white stripe below eye, underparts rich buff to buffy- white; iris black, bill black. Female brown, whitish stripe below eye, throat grey, iris red or hazel, feet blue- grey to black. Immature male has charcoal- grey throat stripe, brown crown. Juvenile like adult female, back feathers slightly barred (buff tip, blackish subterminal, brown base), outer webs of wing indiscinctly barred rufous, eye- stripe distinct. Race grisescens much greyer above and below. Voice: One song medium to high pitch, series of resonant upslurred whistled notes, “oouei touei touei ...”. 1/sec; another a rapid series of downslured notes, rising in pitch and levelling at end.
Not Threatened.
Adult male brown above, crown and malar streak glossy black, white stripe below eye, underparts rich buff to buffy- white; iris black, bill black. Female brown, whitish stripe below eye, throat grey, iris red or hazel, feet blue- grey to black. Immature male has charcoal- grey throat stripe, brown crown. Juvenile like adult female, back feathers slightly barred (buff tip, blackish subterminal, brown base), outer webs of wing indiscinctly barred rufous, eye- stripe distinct. Race grisescens much greyer above and below. Voice: One song medium to high pitch, series of resonant upslurred whistled notes, “oouei touei touei ...”. 1/sec; another a rapid series of downslured notes, rising in pitch and levelling at end.
20 cm; 43 g
Taxonomy:
- Eudynamis [sic] parva Salvadori, 1875, Tidore; error = New Guinea. Two subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * grisescens Mayr & Rand, 1936 - N New Guinea between Humboldt Bay and Kumusi R. * parva (Salvadori, 1875) - lowland forests of rest of New Guinea, and D'Entrecasteaux Is.
Forest. Lowlands to 1450 m.
Fruit
Details unknown. Courtship feeding recorded