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Species
Daphoenositta miranda De Vis, 1897
Nomenclature
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Family: NeosittidaeGenus: Daphoenositta
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SUMMARY
Male nominate race has forehead, lores and chin bright pink to red; rest of head blackish, body and upperwing generally greyish- black with greyish feather edges (giving obscurely scaled pattern), uppertail- coverts slightly vinaceous; tail blackish, all feathers except central two pairs tipped pinkish- white, this colour broadening to terminal half on outermost feathers; underwing with white inner webs near middle of inner primaries and secondaries (apparent in flight as broad white central bar or flash on flight- feathers), and small white patch on greater under primary coverts; iris dark brown; bill black; legs dark olive- brown. Female differs from male only in bare- part colours, having iris and legs yellow, not dark brown. Juvenile is duller and greyer than adult, with forehead, chin and upper throat cinnamon or rusty brown, cinnamon- brown tips of body feathers, wing- coverts and tertials, male iris greyish- brown, female iris pale yellow. Race differ mainly in extent of pink on head; kuboriensis has pink more extensive than nominate, reaching to upper throat; frontalis has pink extending to lower throat.