EopsaltriaEopsaltria is a genus of small forest passerines known in Australia as the yellow robins. They belong to the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek for "dawn singer/song" because of their dawn chorus. They are inquisitive and bold birds, and have been reported perching on the shoulders or boots of people in the bush. Open eucalyptus woodlands are their preferred habitat.
Black-throated robinThe black-throated robin (Plesiodryas albonotata) is a species of passerine bird in the Australisian robin family Petroicidae. It is found on the island of New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests at 1,150–2,750 metres above sea-level.
MelanodryasMelanodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. These species are found in New Guinea and Australia. The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865 with Muscicapa cucullataLatham, the hooded robin, as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greekmelanos "black" with dryad "tree-nymph".
PoecilodryasPoecilodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The genus was erected by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865. The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris). The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos "variegated" with dryad "tree-nymph".
HeteromyiasHeteromyias is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1879 with the grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) as the type species. The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek heteros "different" and the Modern Latin myias "flycatcher".
European robinThe European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorouspasserine bird belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, as far east as Western Siberia, and as far south as North Africa. It is sedentary in the west and south of its range, and migratory in the north and east of its range where winters are harsher. It is 12.5–14.0 cm (4.9–5.5 in) in length.
DrymodesDrymodes is a genus of birds in the family Petroicidae. It was traditionally held to have two species, but molecular and behavioural differences led to the split of the New Guinea populations from the northern scrub robin. The paper by Les Christidis and colleagues was published in 2011 and the IOC adopted the split in 2015: SpeciesThe genus contains the following three species: ReferencesDel Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007).
Family (taxonomy)Family (Latin: familia, pl.: familiae) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus.
Old World flycatcherThe Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerinebirds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) and northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), found also in North America. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. The large family includes 357 species and is divided into 57 genera.
AustralasiaAustralasia is a geographical subregion of Oceania with ambiguous extents. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologically, where the term covers several slightly different but related regions. Depending on the definition used, it may also include insular parts of Asia. Australasia always includes Australia and New Zealand, and often also includes New Guinea.
SamoaSamoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, a part of Oceania, which is in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima), and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nuʻutele, Nuʻulua, Fanuatapu and Namua).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.