Papuan Grassbird

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Locustellidae

Genus

Cincloramphus

eBird Code

tawgra2

Subspecies (5)

• Cincloramphus macrurus alpinus

  alpine grassland in west-central and eastern New Guinea, including the Snow Mountains, the Telefomin area, the central highlands (Mount Giluwe, Mount Hagen, and Mount Wilhelm) and the Wharton Range

• Cincloramphus macrurus harterti

  eastern New Guinea (Huon Peninsula)

• Cincloramphus macrurus interscapularis

  New Hanover, New Ireland, and New Britain (eastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Cincloramphus macrurus macrurus

  lower elevation central and southeastern New Guinea

• Cincloramphus macrurus stresemanni

  northwestern New Guinea (Lake Giji, Arfak Mountains, and Wissel Lakes)