Melanodryas

Genus of birds

Melanodryas
Hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Melanodryas
Gould, 1865
Type species
Muscicapa cucullata[1]
Latham, 1801
Species

2; see text

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

The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865 with the hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) as the type species.[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melanos "black" with dryad "tree-nymph".[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Melanodryas cucullata Hooded robin Australia
Melanodryas vittata Dusky robin Tasmania

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. 283.
  3. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Melanodryas". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. ^ 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.
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Petroicidae (Australasian robins)
Amalocichla
  • Greater ground robin (A. sclateriana)
  • Lesser ground robin (A. incerta)
Drymodes
  • Southern scrub robin (D. brunneopygia)
  • Northern scrub robin (D. superciliaris)
  • Papuan scrub robin (D. beccarii)
Heteromyias
  • Grey-headed robin (H. cinereifrons)
  • Ashy robin (H. albispecularis)
Poecilodryas
  • Black-chinned robin (P. brachyura)
  • Black-sided robin (P. hypoleuca)
  • Buff-sided robin (P. cerviniventris)
  • White-browed robin (P. superciliosa)
  • Black-throated robin (P. albonotata)
  • Banded yellow robin (P. placens)
Tregellasia
  • Pale-yellow robin (T. capito)
  • White-faced robin (T. leucops)
Eopsaltria
  • Eastern yellow robin (E. australis)
  • Western yellow robin (E. griseogularis)
  • White-breasted robin (E. georgiana)
Peneoenanthe
  • Mangrove robin (P. pulverulenta)
Peneothello
  • White-rumped robin (P. bimaculata)
  • Smoky robin (P. cryptoleuca)
  • Slaty robin (P. cyanus)
  • White-winged robin (P. sigillata)
Melanodryas
  • Hooded robin (M. cucullata)
  • Dusky robin (M. vittata)
Pachycephalopsis
  • Green-backed robin (P. hattamensis)
  • White-eyed robin (P. poliosoma)
Eugerygone
  • Garnet robin (E. rubra)
Petroica
  • Snow Mountains robin (P. archboldi)
  • South Island robin (P. australis)
  • Mountain robin (P. bivittata)
  • Scarlet robin (P. boodang)
  • Red-capped robin (P. goodenovii)
  • North Island robin (P. longipes)
  • Tomtit (P. macrocephala)
    • Chatham tomtit (P. m.  chathamensis)
  • Pacific robin (P. pusilla)
  • Norfolk robin (P. multicolor)
  • Flame robin (P. phoenicea)
  • Pink robin (P. rodinogaster)
  • Rose robin (P. rosea)
  • Black robin (P. traversi)
Microeca
  • Jacky winter (M. fascinans)
  • Lemon-bellied flyrobin (M. flavigaster)
  • Yellow-bellied flyrobin (M. flaviventris)
  • Olive flyrobin (M. flavovirescens)
  • Yellow-legged flyrobin (M. griseoceps)
  • Golden-bellied flyrobin (M. hemixantha)
  • Canary flyrobin (M. papuana)
Monachella
  • Torrent flyrobin (M. muelleriana)
Taxon identifiers
Melanodryas


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