Biology:Northern scrub robin

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of bird

Northern scrub robin
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Drymodes
Species:
D. superciliaris
Binomial name
Drymodes superciliaris
Gould, 1850
Bird illustration by Elizabeth Gould for Birds of Australia

The northern scrub robin (Drymodes superciliaris) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in northern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.[2] It was found to be genetically distinct from the Papuan scrub robin, which were thought to be members of the same species.[3]

A putative subspecies D. s. colcloughi, known as the Roper River scrub robin, was described by Gregory Mathews in 1914 from specimens supposedly collected from the Northern Territory of Australia. However, there have been no further records from the area, the provenance of the specimens has been questioned, and the taxon is controversial.[4]

References

Template:Petroicidae Wikidata ☰ Q1587882 entry