The greater ground robin (''Amalocichla sclateriana'') is a species of

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in the family

Petroicidae The bird family Petroicidae includes 51 species in 19 genera. All are endemic to Australasia: New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and numerous Pacific Islands as far east as Samoa. For want of an accurate common name, the family is often called th ...

. It is found in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

Taxonomy and systematics

There are two recognised subspecies of the greater ground robin: * ''A. s. sclateriana'' - The nominate subspecies, found in the mountains of the

Huon Peninsula Huon Peninsula is a large rugged peninsula on the island of New Guinea in Morobe Province, eastern Papua New Guinea. It is named after French explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec. The peninsula is dominated by the steep Saruwaged and Finist ...

. * ''A. s. occidentalis'' - Found in the Oranje Mountains in central New Guinea. It has browner and more mottled underparts than the nominate subspecies does.

Description

It is the largest robin in New Guinea, at in length.

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to New Guinea. It is found at elevations of .

Behaviour and ecology

Diet

It feeds on invertebrates, such as beetles.

References

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