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Black-capped Robin
The black-capped robin (''Heteromyias armiti'') is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae native to New Guinea. The black-capped robin has been split from the ashy robin The ashy robin (''Heteromyias albispecularis''), also known as the black-cheeked robin, is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae native to New Guinea. Taxonomy It is one of three species within the genus ''Heteromyias''. Previously, it and ... (''Heteromyias albispecularis'') . References {{Taxonbar, from=Q31874536 black-capped robin Birds of New Guinea black-capped robin black-capped robin ...
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Charles Walter De Vis
Charles Walter de Vis (Birmingham, England, 9 May 1829 – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1915),"de Vis, Charles Walter (1829 - 1915)"
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the bee hummingbird to the ostrich. There are about ten thousand living species, more than half of which are passerine, or "perching" birds. Birds have whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemic island species. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are also uniquely adapted for flight. Some bird species of aquatic environments, particularly seabirds and some waterbirds, have further evolved for swimming. B ...
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Petroicidae
The bird family Petroicidae includes 51 species in 19 genera. All are endemic to Australasia: New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and numerous Pacific Islands as far east as Samoa. For want of an accurate common name, the family is often called the Australasian robins. Within the family species are known variously as robins, scrub-robins and flyrobins. They are only distantly related to the European robin of Europe, north Africa and western Asia, a member of family Muscicapidae. Characteristics Most species have a compact build with a large, rounded head, a short, straight bill, and rounded wingtips. They occupy a wide range of wooded habitats, from subalpine to tropical rainforest, and mangrove swamps to semi-arid scrubland. All are primarily insectivorous, although a few supplement their diet with seeds. Hunting is mostly by perch and pounce, a favoured tactic being to cling sideways onto a treetrunk and scan the ground below without moving. Social organisation is usually cente ...
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Ashy Robin
The ashy robin (''Heteromyias albispecularis''), also known as the black-cheeked robin, is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae native to New Guinea. Taxonomy It is one of three species within the genus ''Heteromyias''. Previously, it and the grey-headed robin from Australia were treated as one species and known as ''Heteromyias albispecularis''. The black-capped robin (''H. armiti'') was formerly considered a subspecies of ''H. albispecularis'', but more recent studies indicate it is a distinct species, and it has been split from it (the subspecies ''H. a. rothschildi'' has also been carried over to ''armiti''). It has also been classified within the genus ''Poecilodryas''. Described by Italian naturalist, Tommaso Salvadori, in 1874, the ashy robin is a member of the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. Sibley and Ahlquist's DNA-DNA hybridisation studies placed this group in a Corvida parvorder comprising many tropical and Australian passerines, including pardalot ...
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Heteromyias
''Heteromyias'' is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1879 with the grey-headed robin (''Heteromyias cinereifrons'') as the type species. The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek "different" and the Modern Latin New Latin (also called Neo-Latin or Modern Latin) is the revival of Literary Latin used in original, scholarly, and scientific works since about 1500. Modern scholarly and technical nomenclature, such as in zoological and botanical taxonomy a ... "flycatcher". Species The genus contains three species: References External links * * Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{passerine-stub ...
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Birds Of New Guinea
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the bee hummingbird to the ostrich. There are about ten thousand living species, more than half of which are passerine, or "perching" birds. Birds have whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemic island species. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are also uniquely adapted for flight. Some bird species of aquatic environments, particularly seabirds and some waterbirds, have further evolved for swimming. Birds ...
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Birds Described In 1876
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight Bird skeleton, skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the bee hummingbird to the Common ostrich, ostrich. There are about ten thousand living species, more than half of which are passerine, or "perching" birds. Birds have whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the Flightless bird, loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemism, endemic island species. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are also uniquely adapted for flight. Some bird species of a ...
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