Poecilodryas

Poecilodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

Poecilodryas
White-browed robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Poecilodryas
Gould, 1865
Species

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The genus was erected by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris).[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos "variegated" with dryad "tree-nymph".[4]

Species

The genus contains four species:[5]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Poecilodryas brachyuraBlack-chinned robinnorthern New Guinea
Poecilodryas hypoleucaBlack-sided robinIndonesia and Papua New Guinea
Poecilodryas superciliosaWhite-browed robinnorth-eastern Australia
Poecilodryas cerviniventrisBuff-sided robinnorthern Australia


Formerly, some authorities also placed the following species (or subspecies) in the genus Poecilodryas:

References
  1. Gould, John (1865). Handbook to the Birds of Australia. Volume 1. London: Self-published. p. 287. |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1879). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae Part 1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume 4. London: Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 240, 242. |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 575. |volume= has extra text (help)
  4. Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Poecilodryas". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. "Pachycephala modesta - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  7. "Carterornis chrysomela nitidus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  8. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 576–577. |volume= has extra text (help)


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