Adult has head black, upperparts rufous- chestnut, upperwing and tail black; chin, throat and upper breast black, remainder of underparts bright rufous- chestnut; iris reddish- brown, dark brown or black; bill and legs black. Sexes alike. Juvenile is like adult, but remiges and rectrices edged with brown.
Not Threatened
Adult has head black, upperparts rufous- chestnut, upperwing and tail black; chin, throat and upper breast black, remainder of underparts bright rufous- chestnut; iris reddish- brown, dark brown or black; bill and legs black. Sexes alike. Juvenile is like adult, but remiges and rectrices edged with brown.
22- 23 cm; 67- 76 g
Taxonomy: Rectes dichrous Bonaparte, 1850, Lobo, Triton Bay, west New Guinea. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
- New Guinea, including Yapen I.
Forest, forest edges and secondary growth, occasionally mangroves and low beach trees. Occurs in hills and lower to middle mountains at 350- 1700 m, occasionally to 2000m; locally down to sea- level (e.g. Jayapura, Madang, Huon Peninsula, Lae, middle R Fly, Hall Sound, Hisiu). At elevations between those occupied by P. kirhocephalus and P. nigrescens, with some overlap.
Mainly fruit, including small figs (Ficus); some insects and grass seeds. Nestlings fed with berries and invertebrates. Found at most levels, from undergrowth to canopy.
Laying female in mid- Oct, nests with eggs in mid- Nov and mid- Feb, with chicks late Oct, mid- Dec and mid- Feb, also fledglings late Oct and early Nov, indicative of breeding in late dry season to middle wet season, at least. Possibly co- operative breeder; at least three adults seen to feed chicks at one nest, and four or five defending nest. Nest a cup of curly vine tendrils, lined with fine tendrils, suspended from slender branches c. 2 m above groung. Clutch 1- 2 eggs, creamy or light pinkish- stone, spotted and blotched light and dark brown to black, with underlying light grey patches all over or mainly at larger end, 27- 32,8 x 20,5- 22,2 mm.