Smoky robin explained

The smoky robin (Peneothello cryptoleuca) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Described by German ornithologist, Ernst Hartert, in 1874, the smoky robin is a member of the Australian robin family Petroicidae.[1] [2] Sibley and Ahlquist's DNA-DNA hybridisation studies placed this group in a Corvida parvorder comprising many tropical and Australian passerines, including pardalotes, fairy-wrens, and honeyeaters, as well as crows.[3] However, subsequent molecular research (and current consensus) places the robins as a very early offshoot of the Passerida, or "advanced" songbirds, within the songbird lineage.[4]

Notes and References

    • Book: Boles, Walter E.. The Robins and Flycatchers of Australia . 1988 . Angus & Robertson . Sydney . 0-207-15400-7. 35.
  2. Gill, F. and D. Donsker, eds. (2020). IOC World Bird List (v 10.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Book: Sibley CG, Ahlquist JE . Phylogeny and Classification of Birds: A Study in Molecular Evolution . Yale University Press. New Haven, CT. 1990. 603, 610–27. 0-300-04085-7.
  4. Barker, F. Keith . Cibois, Alice . Schikler, Peter A. . Feinstein, Julie . Cracraft, Joel . amp . 2004. Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation . . 101 . 30 . 11040–45 . 10.1073/pnas.0401892101 . 14 August 2008 . 15263073 . 503738. 2004PNAS..10111040B . free .

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