Myiagra atra, A. B. Meyer, 1874

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 : 48-49

BIAK BLACK FLYCATCHER Myiagra atra # RR, Near Threatened

Range Biak, Supiori, Owi, Rani, Numfor.

Status Teluk Cenderawasih Islands endemic. Obtained by four collectors including Ripley ( Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939) and recorded by most visitors. Widespread and generally common in well-developed secondary forest, selectively logged and primary forest to c. 400 m ( KDB; Supiori). Mostly encountered in the midstorey and canopy of primary forest where frequent in mixed-species flocks of insectivores. 13 January 1994: one on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).

Breeding 26 April 2007: a nest was observed near Wirmaker. Occupied by a female, it was on an oblique branch c. 3.5 m above ground in a small tree on a slope. The nest was constructed of fine fibres, rotund and densely covered with small leaves on its outside (SvB). 25 August 2007: nest with three chicks on a horizontal branch c. 4 m above ground in rather open habitat with low trees; fed by male and female (Bengtsson 2007).