White-eyed robin

White-eyed robin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Pachycephalopsis
Species: P. poliosoma
Binomial name
Pachycephalopsis poliosoma
Sharpe, 1882

The white-eyed robin (Pachycephalopsis poliosoma) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Description

It is dark grey with a black eye-stripe, a brown tail and a white throat. Its bill is short and its eyes are brown.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pachycephalopsis poliosoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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