Petroica
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| Genus: | Petroica Swainson, 1829
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Petroica is a genus of Australasian robins, named due to their red and pink markings. They are not closely related to the European robin nor the American robin. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words petro- "rock" and oikos "home", from birds' habits of sitting on rocks.
Many species in Australia have a red breast and are known colloquially as "red robins" as distinct from the "yellow robins" of the genus Eopsaltria.[1]
Species and subspecies
- Snow Mountains robin (Petroica archboldi)
- South Island robin (Petroica australis)
- Mountain robin (Petroica bivittata)
- Scarlet robin (Petroica boodang)
- Red-capped robin (Petroica goodenovii)
- North Island robin (Petroica longipes)
- Tomtit (Petroica macrocephala)
- Chatham tomtit (Petroica macrocephala chathamensis)
- Pacific robin (Petroica pusilla)
- Norfolk robin (Petroica multicolor)
- Flame robin (Petroica phoenicea)
- Pink robin (Petroica rodinogaster)
- Rose robin (Petroica rosea)
- Black robin (Petroica traversi)
References
- ^ Dowling DK (2003). "Breeding biology of the red-capped robin". Australian Journal of Zoology. 51 (6). CSIRO Publishing: 533–549. doi:10.1071/ZO03028. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2