Heteromyias | |
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Grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Petroicidae |
Genus: | Heteromyias Sharpe, 1879 |
Type species | |
Poecilodryas cinereifrons [1] Ramsay, 1876 | |
Species | |
3; see text |
Heteromyias 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. [2] [3] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek heteros "different" and the Modern Latin myias "flycatcher". [4]
The genus contains three species: [5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Heteromyias cinereifrons | Grey-headed robin | Queensland, Australia |
![]() | Heteromyias albispecularis | Ashy robin | New Guinea. |
![]() | Heteromyias armiti [6] | Black-capped robin | New Guinea |