The garnet robin (''Eugerygone rubra'') is a species of
bird in the family
Petroicidae. It is
monotypic within the genus ''Eugerygone''.
It is found in
New Guinea, where its natural
habitat is subtropical or tropical moist
montane forests.
Taxonomy
The garnet robin was described by the English ornithologist,
Richard Bowdler Sharpe, in 1879, from a specimen collected in the
Arfak Mountains on the island of
New Guinea. He coined the
binomial name
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''Pseudogerygone rubra''. It was moved to the genus ''Eugerygone'' by the German naturalist,
Otto Finsch, in 1901.
References
garnet robin
Birds of New Guinea
garnet robin
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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