Petroica

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Petroica
NI Robin Karori.jpg
North Island robin (Petroica longipes)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Petroica
Swainson, 1829
Type species
Muscicapa multicolor [1]
Gmelin, 1789
Species

14; see text

Petroica is a genus of Australasian robins, named for their red and pink markings. They are not closely related to the European robins nor the American robins.

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Taxonomy

The genus was introduced by the English naturalist, William Swainson, in 1829, with the Norfolk robin (Petroica multicolor) as the type species. [2] [3] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek petro- "rock" with oikos "home". [4]

Many species in Australia have a red breast and are known colloquially as "red robins" as distinct from the "yellow robins" of the genus Eopsaltria . [5]

Species and subspecies

The genus contains the following 14 species: [6]

MaleFemaleCommon nameScientific NameDistribution
Male Rose Robin.jpg Roro fem026w.JPG Rose robin Petroica roseaAustralia.
Pink Robin - Mount Field National Park.jpg Pink robin Petroica rodinogasterTasmania, southern Australia
Snow Mountains robin Petroica archboldiWest Papua, Indonesia.
Mountain robin Petroica bivittataNew Guinea Highlands
Flame Robin male 1 - Jenolan Caves.jpg Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) (17191139570).jpg Flame robin Petroica phoeniceasouth-eastern Australia, including Tasmania
Solomons robin Petroica polymorphaSolomon Islands.
1976.08.02 12.45 pm Pacific robin, Nadarivatu-Nadrau Plateau, Fiji 2897 c.jpg Pacific robin Petroica pusillaMelanesia and Polynesia.
Norfolk Robin (Petroica multicolor) in the Norfolk Island.jpg Norfolk robin Petroica multicolorNorfolk Island, an Australian territory in the Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand
Scarlet Robin 0401.jpg Scarlet Robin female - Blackheath.jpg Scarlet robin Petroica boodangAustralia, including Tasmania.
Petroica goodenovii 2 - Wianamatta Reserve.jpg Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii) female (14403872754).jpg Red-capped robin Petroica goodenoviiAustralia.
Petroica macrocephala macrocephala1.jpg Tomtit fem - New Zealand (25419832238).jpg Tomtit Petroica macrocephalaNew Zealand
NZ North Island Robin-2.jpg North Island robin Petroica longipesNorth Island of New Zealand.
South Island robin, Lewis Pass.jpg South Island robin Petroica australisNew Zealand
Black Robin on Rangatira Island.jpg Black robin Petroica traversithe Chatham Islands

References

  1. "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Swainson, William (1829). Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals. Series 2. Vol. 1. London: Baldwin, Cradock. Plate 36 text.
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 562.
  4. Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Petroica". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. Dowling DK (2003). "Breeding biology of the red-capped robin" . Australian Journal of Zoology. 51 (6). CSIRO Publishing: 533–549. doi:10.1071/ZO03028 . Retrieved 2007-06-07.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

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