Petroica is a genus of Australasian robins, named for their red and pink markings. They are not closely related to the European robins nor the American robins.
| Petroica | |
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| North Island robin (Petroica longipes) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Petroica Swainson, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa multicolor[1] Gmelin, 1789
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| Species | |
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14; see text | |
The genus was introduced by the English naturalist, William John Swainson, in 1829, with the Norfolk robin (Petroica multicolor) as the type species.[2][3] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek petro- "rock" with oikos "home".[4]
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.[5]
Species and subspecies edit
The genus contains the following 14 species:[6]
| Male | Female | Common name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
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Rose robin | Petroica rosea | Australia. |
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Pink robin | Petroica rodinogaster | Tasmania, southern Australia | |
| Snow Mountains robin | Petroica archboldi | West Papua, Indonesia. | ||
| Mountain robin | Petroica bivittata | New Guinea Highlands | ||
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Flame robin | Petroica phoenicea | south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania |
| Solomons robin | Petroica polymorpha | Solomon Islands. | ||
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Pacific robin | Petroica pusilla | Melanesia and Polynesia. | |
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Norfolk robin | Petroica multicolor | Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand | |
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Scarlet robin | Petroica boodang | Australia, including Tasmania. |
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Red-capped robin | Petroica goodenovii | Australia. |
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Tomtit | Petroica macrocephala | New Zealand |
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North Island robin | Petroica longipes | North Island of New Zealand. | |
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South Island robin | Petroica australis | New Zealand | |
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Black robin | Petroica traversi | the Chatham Islands |
References edit
- ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Swainson, William John (1829). Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals. Series 2. Vol. 1. London: Baldwin, Cradock. Plate 36 text.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 562.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Petroica". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- 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
Further reading edit
- Kearns, A.M.; Malloy, J.F.; Gobbert, M.K.; Thierry, A; Joseph, L.; Driskell, A.C.; Omland, K.E. (2019). "Nuclear introns help unravel the diversification history of the Australo-Pacific Petroica robins". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 131: 48–54. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.024. PMID 30367975.
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