Heteromyias is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.
| Heteromyias | |
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| Grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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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
editThe genus contains three species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Heteromyias cinereifrons | Grey-headed robin | Queensland, Australia |
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Heteromyias albispecularis | Ashy robin | New Guinea. |
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Heteromyias armiti[6] | Black-capped robin | New Guinea |
References
edit- ^ "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
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