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Poecilodryas

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Poecilodryas
White-browed robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Poecilodryas
Gould, 1865
Type species
Petroica cerviniventris[1]
Gould, 1858
Species

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Poecilodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

The genus was erected by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris).[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos "variegated" with dryad "tree-nymph".[5]

Species

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The genus contains three species:[6]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Poecilodryas hypoleuca Black-sided robin Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Poecilodryas superciliosa White-browed robin north-eastern Australia
Poecilodryas cerviniventris Buff-sided robin northern Australia

Formerly, some authorities also placed the following species (or subspecies) in the genus Poecilodryas:

References

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  1. ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gould, John (1865). Handbook to the Birds of Australia. Vol. 1. London: Self-published. p. 287.
  3. ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1879). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae Part 1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 4. London: Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 240, 242.
  4. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 575.
  5. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Poecilodryas". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Pachycephala modesta - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  8. ^ "Carterornis chrysomela nitidus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  9. ^ a b Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 576–577.