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Wetar figbird

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Wetar figbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Oriolidae
Genus:
Sphecotheres
Species:
S. hypoleucus
Binomial name
Sphecotheres hypoleucus
Finsch, 1898

The Wetar figbird (Sphecotheres hypoleucus) is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is endemic to forest, woodland and scrub on the Indonesian island of Wetar. It remains very poorly known, but is possibly threatened by habitat loss, resulting in it being listed as Near Threatened by BirdLife International and the IUCN. It resembles the far better known Australasian figbird, but it is a lot smaller and the male has entirely white underparts. It has been considered a subspecies of S. viridis, but today all major authorities consider the two as separate species.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  • Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, & H. A. Ford (2008). Family Oriolidae (Orioles). pp. 692–731 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & D. A. Christie. eds. (2008). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Pendulin-tits to Shrikes. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-45-3


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