Poecilodryas
| Poecilodryas | |
|---|---|
 | |
| White-browed robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Poecilodryas Gould, 1865 |
| Species | |
|
6; see text | |
Poecilodryas is a genus of bird in the Petroicidae family.
Taxonomy and systematics
Extant species
The genus contains the following six species:
- Black-chinned robin (Poecilodryas brachyura)
- Black-sided robin (Poecilodryas hypoleuca)
- Buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris)
- White-browed robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
- Black-throated robin (Poecilodryas albonotata)
- Banded yellow robin (Poecilodryas placens)
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Poecilodryas:
- Brown-backed whistler (as Poecilodryas modesta)[1]
- Golden monarch (nitidus) (as Poecilodryas nitida)[2]
References
- ↑ "Pachycephala modesta - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ↑ "Carterornis chrysomela nitidus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
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