Petroica
Genus of birds
| Petroica | |
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| North Island robin (Petroica longipes) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Petroica Swainson, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa multicolor[1] Gmelin, 1789 | |
| Species | |
| 14; see text | |
Petroica is a genus of Australasian robins, named for their red and pink markings. They are not closely related to the European robins nor the American robins.
The genus was introduced by the English naturalist, William John Swainson, in 1829, with the Norfolk robin (Petroica multicolor) as the type species.[2][3] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek petro- "rock" with oikos "home".[4]
Many species in Australia have a red breast and are known colloquially as "red robins" as distinct from the "yellow robins" of the genus Eopsaltria.[5]
Species and subspecies
The genus contains the following 14 species:[6]
| Male | Female | Common name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
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 |  | Rose robin | Petroica rosea | Australia. |
 | Pink robin | Petroica rodinogaster | Tasmania, southern Australia | |
| Snow Mountains robin | Petroica archboldi | West Papua, Indonesia. | ||
| Mountain robin | Petroica bivittata | New Guinea Highlands | ||
 |  | Flame robin | Petroica phoenicea | south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania |
| Solomons robin | Petroica polymorpha | Solomon Islands. | ||
 | Pacific robin | Petroica pusilla | Melanesia and Polynesia. | |
 | Norfolk robin | Petroica multicolor | Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand | |
 |  | Scarlet robin | Petroica boodang | Australia, including Tasmania. |
 |  | Red-capped robin | Petroica goodenovii | Australia. |
 |  | Tomtit | Petroica macrocephala | New Zealand |
 | North Island robin | Petroica longipes | North Island of New Zealand. | |
 | South Island robin | Petroica australis | New Zealand | |
 | Black robin | Petroica traversi | the Chatham Islands |
References
- ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Swainson, William John (1829). Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals. Series 2. Vol. 1. London: Baldwin, Cradock. Plate 36 text.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 562.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Petroica". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ Dowling DK (2003). "Breeding biology of the red-capped robin". Australian Journal of Zoology. 51 (6). CSIRO Publishing: 533–549. doi:10.1071/ZO03028. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
Further reading
- Kearns, A.M.; Malloy, J.F.; Gobbert, M.K.; Thierry, A; Joseph, L.; Driskell, A.C.; Omland, K.E. (2019). "Nuclear introns help unravel the diversification history of the Australo-Pacific Petroica robins". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 131: 48–54. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.024. PMID 30367975.
External links
Media related to Petroica at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Petroica 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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