Heteromyias

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Heteromyias
Heteromyias albispecularis 1.jpg
Grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons)
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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.

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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]

Species

The genus contains three species: [5]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Heteromyias cinereifrons -Australia-8.jpg Heteromyias cinereifrons Grey-headed robin Queensland, Australia
Grey Headed Robin Qld.jpg Heteromyias albispecularis Ashy robin New Guinea.
Black-capped Robin Heteromyias armiti (2) (48842512897).jpg Heteromyias armiti [6] Black-capped robin New Guinea

References

  1. "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  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. Vol. 4. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 239.
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 580.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  191. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  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. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 29 May 2021.