Lesser Ground Robin

Lesser Ground RobinThis ground-dwelling bird lives in mid-mountain forests on mainland New Guinea. A breeding study in the YUS Conservation Area on the Huon Peninsula recorded a pair carrying food to a nestling. It has a brown head, rufous-brown upperparts, and pale underparts.What does it look like?The head is brown and the upperparts rufous-brown. The underparts are buff, with a whiter belly marked by rufous flecks; the legs are grey.How does it live?This ground-dwelling bird lives in mid-mountain forests on mainland New Guinea. A breeding study in the YUS Conservation Area on the Huon Peninsula recorded a pair carrying food to a nestling. It has a brown head, rufous-brown upperparts, and pale underparts.It is ground-dwelling and inhabits mid-mountain forest on mainland New Guinea. At a nest in the YUS Conservation Area, a pair was recorded provisioning a nestling.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.