| Canary flyrobin | |
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| Illustration by J G Keulemans (1901) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Devioeca Mathews, 1925 |
| Species: | D. papuana |
| Binomial name | |
| Devioeca papuana (Meyer, A.B., 1875) | |
| Synonyms | |
Microeca papuana | |
The canary flyrobin (Devioeca papuana), also known as the Papuan flycatcher, canary robin, canary flycatcher, or montane flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests with elevations from 1,100–3,500 m (3,609–11,483 ft). Currently, its population is believed to be stable. [2]
The canary flyrobin was described by the German ornithologist, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, in 1875, from a specimen collected in the Arfak Mountains on the island of New Guinea. He coined the binomial name Microeca papuana. [3] [4] It was moved to the resurrected genus Devioeca, based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2011. [5] [6] The genus Devioeca was originally introduced by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1925. [7]
