Microeca

Genus of birds

Microeca
Jacky winter (Microeca fascinans)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Microeca
Gould, 1841
Type species
Microeca assimilis[1]
Gould, 1841
Species

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Microeca is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The species in this genus are commonly known as flyrobins (along with the closely related torrent flyrobin).

Species

The genus contains three species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Microeca hemixantha Golden-bellied flyrobin or Tanimbar flyrobin Tanimbar Islands.
Microeca flavigaster Lemon-bellied flyrobin or lemon-bellied flycatcher Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
Microeca fascinans Jacky winter Australia and also in Papua New Guinea.


Several other species were formerly placed in this genus:

  • Yellow-bellied flyrobin or yellow-bellied robin (Microeca flaviventris)[3]
  • Olive flyrobin (Microeca flavovirescens)
  • Yellow-legged flyrobin or yellow-legged flycatcher (Microeca griseoceps)
  • Canary flyrobin or Papuan flycatcher (Microeca papuana)

There is also an undescribed taxon of Microeca called the "Bismarck Flyrobin" (see Dutson, Birds of Melanesia, p. 162 (2011)).

References

  1. ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Loynes, Kate; Joseph, Leo; Keogh, J. Scott (2009). "Multi-locus phylogeny clarifies the systematics of the Australo-Papuan robins (Family Petroicidae, Passeriformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (1): 212–19. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.012. PMID 19463962.
  • Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2

External links

  • Lemon-bellied Flyrobin at The Internet Bird Collection
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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
Microeca


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