Lesser Melampitta (Melampitta lugubris) | Photos and ID

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ForestDomed nestSmall · 43 g

Lesser Melampitta (Melampitta lugubris), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Lesser Melampitta (Melampitta lugubris), photo 2 — Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0

Lesser Melampitta (Melampitta lugubris), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Lesser Melampitta

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Lesser Melampitta

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

About the Lesser Melampitta

The lesser melampitta is a medium-sized enigmatic terrestrial songbird of mountain forests of New Guinea. It is the only species in the genus Melampitta. It is now classified in the family Melampittidae, but in some other sources it is variously considered close to or in the Orthonychidae (logrunners), Paradisaeidae, Corcoracidae, Cnemophilidae (satinbirds) or Monarchidae.

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Easily confused with

Greater MelampittaMegalampitta giganteaThe greater melampitta is a species of bird in the family Melampittidae.

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