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Microeca
''Microeca'' is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The species in this genus are commonly known as flyrobins (along with the closely related torrent flyrobin). Species The genus contains three species: Several other species were formerly placed in this genus: * Yellow-bellied flyrobin or yellow-bellied robin (''Microeca flaviventris'') * Olive flyrobin (''Microeca flavovirescens'') * Yellow-legged flyrobin or yellow-legged flycatcher (''Microeca griseoceps'') * Canary flyrobin or Papuan flycatcher (''Microeca papuana'') References * Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). ''Handbook of the Birds of the World The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...''. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacky Winter
The jacky winter (''Microeca fascinans'') is a small grey-brown robin found commonly throughout Australia and also in Papua New Guinea. The jacky winter acquired its name due to rapid and strong vocalisations, which sound like ''jacky-jacky winter-winter''.Simpson, Ken, Day, N. and Trusler, P. (6th edn., 1999). Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books Australia . Their call is also often referred to as sounding like ''peter-peter-peter''.Slater, Peter (1974) A Field Guide to Australian Birds: Passerines. Adelaide: Rigby. Its habitats include open woodlands and farmlands. Taxonomy and distribution The jacky winter belongs to the family of Australasian robins and flycatchers ''Petroicidae''. This family includes around 49 species in around 19 genera that are all endemic to Australasia. The family ''Petroicidae'' evolved in a similar way to the Australo-Papuan warblers (''Acanthizidae'')—the latter evolved in isolation from similar families to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microeca Fascinans (31792490024) (cropped)
The jacky winter (''Microeca fascinans'') is a small grey-brown robin found commonly throughout Australia and also in Papua New Guinea. The jacky winter acquired its name due to rapid and strong vocalisations, which sound like ''jacky-jacky winter-winter''.Simpson, Ken, Day, N. and Trusler, P. (6th edn., 1999). Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books Australia . Their call is also often referred to as sounding like ''peter-peter-peter''.Slater, Peter (1974) A Field Guide to Australian Birds: Passerines. Adelaide: Rigby. Its habitats include open woodlands and farmlands. Taxonomy and distribution The jacky winter belongs to the family of Australasian robins and flycatchers ''Petroicidae''. This family includes around 49 species in around 19 genera that are all endemic to Australasia. The family ''Petroicidae'' evolved in a similar way to the Australo-Papuan warblers ('' Acanthizidae'')—the latter evolved in isolation from similar families to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microeca
''Microeca'' is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The species in this genus are commonly known as flyrobins (along with the closely related torrent flyrobin). Species The genus contains three species: Several other species were formerly placed in this genus: * Yellow-bellied flyrobin or yellow-bellied robin (''Microeca flaviventris'') * Olive flyrobin (''Microeca flavovirescens'') * Yellow-legged flyrobin or yellow-legged flycatcher (''Microeca griseoceps'') * Canary flyrobin or Papuan flycatcher (''Microeca papuana'') References * Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). ''Handbook of the Birds of the World The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...''. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemon-bellied Flyrobin
The lemon-bellied flyrobin or lemon-bellied flycatcher (''Microeca flavigaster'') is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. Found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Taxonomy John Gould described the species in 1843 from a specimen from Port Essington in the Northern Territory. The species name is from the Latin word ''flavus'' meaning 'yellow', and Ancient Greek ''gaster'' meaning 'belly'. Four subspecies are recognised: the nominate ''flavigaster'' is found across the top of the Northern Territory, subspecies ''flavissima'' in Cape York and New Guinea, subspecies ''laetissima'' along the central-northern Queensland coast, and subspecies ''tormenti'' in the Kimberley of northwestern Australia. The two Queensland subspecies are separated by the Atherton Tableland and Burdekin-Lynd Divide, and are possibly kept apart by a population of the jacky wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-bellied Flyrobin
The yellow-bellied flyrobin (''Cryptomicroeca flaviventris'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Cryptomicroeca''. The yellow-bellied flyrobin is endemic to New Caledonia, where it occurs on the island of Grande Terre. It occupies a range of habitats, including dry lowlands, woodland, ''Pinus'' and ''Pandanus'' forest, and humid forest from sea level up to . Taxonomy The yellow-bellied flyrobin was described in 1860 by the French ornithologists, Jules Verreaux and Oeillet des Murs, from a specimen collected in New Caledonia. They coined the binomial name ''Eopsaltria flavigastra''. The English ornithologist, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, realised that the specific epithet was preoccupied, and in 1903 he proposed ''flaviventris'' as a replacement. The species was long considered one of the yellow robins of the genus ''Eopsaltria''. However, a 2009 genetic study showed it to be nested within the flyrobin genu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden-bellied Flyrobin
The golden-bellied flyrobin (''Microeca hemixantha'') is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is native to the Tanimbar Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References golden-bellied flyrobin Birds of the Tanimbar Islands golden-bellied flyrobin golden-bellied flyrobin Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Petroicidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olive Flyrobin
The olive flyrobin (''Kempiella flavovirescens'') is a species of bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae that is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The olive flyrobin was formerly placed in the genus '' Microeca''. It was moved to the resurrected genus ''Kempiella'', that had originally been introduced by the Australian ornithologist, Gregory Mathews Gregory Macalister Mathews CBE FRSE FZS FLS (10 September 1876 – 27 March 1949) was an Australian-born amateur ornithologist who spent most of his later life in England. Life He was born in Biamble in New South Wales the son of Robert H. M ..., based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2011. References olive flyrobin Birds of New Guinea olive flyrobin olive flyrobin Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Petroicidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-legged Flyrobin
The yellow-legged flyrobin or yellow-legged flycatcher (''Kempiella griseoceps'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. It is found in New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The yellow-legged flyrobin was formerly placed in the genus ''Microeca''. It was moved to the resurrected genus ''Kempiella'' that had originally been introduced by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ... study published in 2011. References yellow-legged flyrobin Birds of New Guinea Birds of Cape York Peninsula yellow-legged flyrobin Taxonom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canary Flyrobin
The canary flyrobin (''Devioeca papuana''), also known as the Papuan flycatcher, canary robin, canary flycatcher, or montane flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests with elevations from 1,100–3,500 m (3,609–11,483 ft). Currently, its population is believed to be stable. The canary flyrobin was described by the German ornithologist, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, in 1875, from a specimen collected in the Arfak Mountains on the island of New Guinea. He coined the binomial name ''Microeca papuana''. It was moved to the resurrected genus ''Devioeca'', based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ... study published in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrent Flyrobin
The torrent flyrobin (''Monachella muelleriana'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. It is also known as the torrent robin. It is placed in the monotypic genus ''Monachella''. The species occurs in New Guinea and on the island of New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago. There are two subspecies: the nominate subspecies occurs in New Guinea and ''M. m. coultasi'' in New Britain. As suggested by its name, the torrent flyrobin's preferred habitat is fast moving streams and rivers with protruding boulders. References * Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). ''Handbook of the Birds of the World The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...''. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. Birds of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemon Bellied Flycatcher - Fogg Dam - Northern Territory - 9 June 2014
The lemon (''Citrus limon'') is a species of small evergreen trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam), Northern Myanmar or China. The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for its juice, which has both culinary and cleaning uses. The pulp and rind are also used in cooking and baking. The juice of the lemon is about 5% to 6% citric acid, with a pH of around 2.2, giving it a sour taste. The distinctive sour taste of lemon juice makes it a key ingredient in drinks and foods such as lemonade and lemon meringue pie. History The origin of the lemon is unknown, though lemons are thought to have first grown in Assam (a region in northeast India), northern Myanmar or China. A genomic study of the lemon indicated it was a hybrid between bitter orange (sour orange) and citron. Lemons are supposed to have entered Europe near southern Italy no later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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