Biology:Tregellasia

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Short description: Genus of birds

Tregellasia
Pale-yellow Robin Maiala.JPG
Pale-yellow robin (Tregellasia capito)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Tregellasia
Mathews, 1912
Type species
Eopsaltria capito[1]
Gould, 1854
Species

2; see text

Tregellasia is a genus of birds in the family Petroicidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.

The genus was introduced by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1912 with the pale-yellow robin (Tregellasia capito) as the type species.[2] The genus name was chosen to honour the Australian field ornithologist Thomas Henry Tregellas (1864-1938).[3]

Species

The genus contains the following two species:[4]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Tregellasia capito - Julatten.jpg Pale-yellow robin Tregellasia capito eastern Australia
White-faced Robin (cropped).jpg White-faced robin Tregellasia leucops New Guinea and eastern Cape York Peninsula.

References

  1. "Pectroicidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=155. 
  2. Mathews, Gregory (1912). "New generic names for Australian birds". Austral Avian Record 1: 105–117 [110]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33339693. 
  3. Jobling, J.A. (2019). "Tregellasia". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/tregellasia. Retrieved 17 June 2019. 
  4. 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 17 June 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q611651 entry