The black-capped robin (''Heteromyias armiti'') is a species of

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 lightweigh ...

in the family

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 th ...

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