Heteromyias is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

Heteromyias
Grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Heteromyias
Sharpe, 1879
Type species
Poecilodryas cinereifrons[1]
Ramsay, 1876
Species

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The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1879 with the grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) as the type species.[2][3] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek heteros "different" and the Modern Latin myias "flycatcher".[4]

Species

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The genus contains three species:[5]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Heteromyias cinereifrons Grey-headed robin Queensland, Australia
  Heteromyias albispecularis Ashy robin New Guinea.
  Heteromyias armiti[6] Black-capped robin New Guinea

References

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  1. ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1879). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae Part 1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 4. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 239.
  3. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 580.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
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