Canary flyrobin explained

The canary flyrobin (Devioeca papuana), also known as the Papuan flycatcher, canary robin, canary flycatcher, or montane flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae.It is found in New Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests with elevations from 1,100–3,500 m (3,609–11,483 ft). Currently, its population is believed to be stable.[1]

The canary flyrobin was described by the German ornithologist, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, in 1875, from a specimen collected in the Arfak Mountains on the island of New Guinea. He coined the binomial name Microeca papuana.[2] [3] It was moved to the resurrected genus Devioeca, based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2011.[4] [5] The genus Devioeca was originally introduced by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1925.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International). BirdLife International (BirdLife. 2016-10-01. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Devioeca papuana. 2021-05-11. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. Meyer . Adolf Bernhard . Adolf Bernhard Meyer . 1875 . Neu im Jahre 1873 vom ihm entedeckte Vögel von Neu-Guinea und der Insel Jobi im Norden Neu-Guinea's . German . Sitzungsberichte der Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Isis in Dresden . 74–76 [75] .
  3. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Cottrell . G. William . 1986 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 11 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 561 .
  4. Christidis . L. . Irestedt . M. . Rowe . D. . Boles . W.E. . Norman . J.A. . 2011 . Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA phylogenies reveal a complex evolutionary history in the Australasian robins (Passeriformes: Petroicidae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 61 . 3 . 726–738 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.014 . 21867765 .
  5. 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 . 18 June 2019 .
  6. Mathews . Gregory . Gregory Mathews . 1925 . Devioeca . Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . 45 . 93 .

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