Biology:Heteromyias

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Short description: Genus of birds

Heteromyias
Heteromyias albispecularis 1.jpg
Grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
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 -Australia-8.jpg Heteromyias cinereifrons Grey-headed robin Queensland, Australia
Grey Headed Robin Qld.jpg Heteromyias albispecularis Ashy robin New Guinea.
Black-capped Robin Heteromyias armiti (2) (48842512897).jpg Heteromyias armiti[6] Black-capped robin New Guinea

References

  1. "Pectroicidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=155. 
  2. 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. 4. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 239. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8307229. 
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 580. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14484281. 
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling. 
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/au_robins/. Retrieved 16 June 2019. 
  6. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q944905 entry