Rhipidura atra, Salvadori, 1876

Diamond, Jared & Bishop, K. David, 2021, Avifauna of the Adelbert Mountains, New Guinea: why is Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri the mountains’ only endemic bird species?, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141 (1), pp. 75-108 : 97

BLACK FANTAIL Rhipidura atra

Common above 1,475 m, singing, often in pairs. Previously recorded for the Adelberts only byȱPrattȱ(1982).

WAHNES’S PAROTIA Parotia wahnesi Uncommon :ȱheardȱfiveȱtimesȱbetweenȱ1,495ȱandȱ1,660ȱm.ȱItsȱvocalisationsȱareȱaȱmedleyȱofȱ staccato clucks; short harsh notes are repeated at half-second intervals, like the sound made by striking a hollow log; other unusual sounds; and clear notes. Well known to Munggur villagers and named ‘kakopelima’. We found no display courts, probably because villagers reportedȱthatȱtheseȱareȱsitedȱinȱgulliesȱratherȱthanȱonȱtheȱridge.ȱPreviouslyȱreportedȱbyȱPrattȱ (1982).