Amaurornis moluccana, Wallace, 1865

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 26-27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11645971
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scientific name	Amaurornis moluccana
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RUFOUS-TAILED BUSH-HEN Amaurornis moluccana #

Range A. m. moluccana Biak, Supiori.

Status Resident. Surprisingly, the Biak and Supiori population is the sole representative of this taxon on the Teluk Cenderawasih Islands. Collected only by Ripley ( Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939), it is uncommon and easily overlooked unless vocalising, and has been recorded by very few visitors.

Breeding 24 August 2007: Bengtsson (2007) reported an adult with a juvenile.