Tregellasia | |
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Pale-yellow robin (Tregellasia capito) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Petroicidae |
Genus: | Tregellasia Mathews, 1912 |
Type species | |
Eopsaltria capito [1] Gould, 1854 | |
Species | |
2; see text |
Tregellasia is a genus of birds in the family Petroicidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.
The genus was introduced by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1912 with the pale-yellow robin (Tregellasia capito) as the type species. [2] The genus name was chosen to honour the Australian field ornithologist Thomas Henry Tregellas (1864-1938). [3]
The genus contains the following two species: [4]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Pale-yellow robin | Tregellasia capito | eastern Australia | |
White-faced robin | Tregellasia leucops | New Guinea and eastern Cape York Peninsula. | |
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