''Pachycephalopsis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of birds in the Australasian robin 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 ...
that are found in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
.
Species
The genus contains the following two species:
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Green-backed robin
The green-backed robin (''Pachycephalopsis hattamensis'') is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae.
It is found in New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Tropical and subtropical moist broa ...
(''Pachycephalopsis hattamensis'')
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White-eyed robin
The white-eyed robin (''Pachycephalopsis poliosoma'') is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae.
It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Habitat
Its natural habitats is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
Montane ecos ...
(''Pachycephalopsis poliosoma'')
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. ...
''. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions.
Petroicidae
Bird genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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