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
''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:
Se ...
''. 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
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Birds of New Guinea
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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