Grallina bruijnii, 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

TORRENTLARK Grallina bruijnii

We observed this species just once, along a river at 615 m, but it is so distinctive in behaviour that it is well known to villagers (named ‘manini’ and ‘asliklik’ at Munggur and Kangarangate,ȱrespectively).ȱPreviouslyȱreportedȱbyȱPrattȱ(1982).