Heteromyias
Genus of birds
| Heteromyias | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| 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.
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]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Heteromyias cinereifrons | Grey-headed robin | Queensland, Australia |
 | Heteromyias albispecularis | Ashy robin | New Guinea. |
 | Heteromyias armiti[6] | Black-capped robin | New Guinea |
References
- ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 580.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
External links
Media related to Heteromyias at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Heteromyias at Wikispecies
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Petroicidae (Australasian robins)
- Greater ground robin (A. sclateriana)
- Lesser ground robin (A. incerta)
- Southern scrub robin (D. brunneopygia)
- Northern scrub robin (D. superciliaris)
- Papuan scrub robin (D. beccarii)
- Grey-headed robin (H. cinereifrons)
- Ashy robin (H. albispecularis)
- 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)
- Pale-yellow robin (T. capito)
- White-faced robin (T. leucops)
- Eastern yellow robin (E. australis)
- Western yellow robin (E. griseogularis)
- White-breasted robin (E. georgiana)
- Mangrove robin (P. pulverulenta)
- White-rumped robin (P. bimaculata)
- Smoky robin (P. cryptoleuca)
- Slaty robin (P. cyanus)
- White-winged robin (P. sigillata)
- Hooded robin (M. cucullata)
- Dusky robin (M. vittata)
- Green-backed robin (P. hattamensis)
- White-eyed robin (P. poliosoma)
- Garnet robin (E. rubra)
- 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)
- 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)
- Torrent flyrobin (M. muelleriana)
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