Poecilodryas

Poecilodryas
White-browed robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Petroicidae
Genus:	Poecilodryas Gould, 1865
Type species
Petroica cerviniventris [1] Gould, 1858
Species
see text

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

The genus was erected by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865. ^[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris). ^{[3] [4]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos "variegated" with dryad "tree-nymph". ^[5]

Species

The genus contains three species: ^[6]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Poecilodryas hypoleuca	Black-sided robin	Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
	Poecilodryas superciliosa	White-browed robin	north-eastern Australia
	Poecilodryas cerviniventris	Buff-sided robin	northern Australia

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

• Brown-backed whistler (now Pachycephala modesta in the family Pachycephalidae) ^[7]
• Golden monarch (nitidus) (now Carterornis nitida in the family Monarchidae) ^[8]
• Black-throated robin (now Plesiodryas albonotata) ^{[6] [9]}
• Banded yellow robin (now Gennaeodryas placens) ^{[6] [9]}

References

1. "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Gould, John (1865). Handbook to the Birds of Australia. Vol. 1. London: Self-published. p. 287.
3. 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. pp. 240, 242.
4. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 575.
5. 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.
6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
7. "Pachycephala modesta - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
8. "Carterornis chrysomela nitidus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
9. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 576–577.