Heteromyias Explained
Heteromyias is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.
The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1879 with the grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) as the type species.[1] [2] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek "different" and the Modern Latin Latin: myias "flycatcher".[3]
Species
The genus contains three species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|
| Heteromyias cinereifrons | | Queensland, Australia |
| Heteromyias albispecularis | | New Guinea. |
| Heteromyias armiti[5] | | New Guinea |
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Notes and References
- Book: Sharpe . R. Bowdler . Richard Bowdler Sharpe . 1879 . Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae Part 1 . 4 . Trustees of the British Museum . London . 239 . Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum .
- Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Cottrell . G. William . 1986 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 11 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 580 .
- Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 191 .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 16 June 2019 .
- Web site: Species Updates – IOC World Bird List. 2021-05-29. en-US.
