Tregellasia

Genus of birds

Tregellasia
Pale-yellow robin (Tregellasia capito)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Tregellasia
Mathews, 1912
Type species
Eopsaltria capito[1]
Gould, 1854
Species

2; see text

Tregellasia is a genus of birds in the family Petroicidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.

The genus was introduced by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1912 with the pale-yellow robin (Tregellasia capito) as the type species.[2] The genus name was chosen to honour the Australian field ornithologist Thomas Henry Tregellas (1864-1938).[3]

Species

The genus contains the following two species:[4]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Pale-yellow robin Tregellasia capito eastern Australia
White-faced robin Tregellasia leucops New Guinea and eastern Cape York Peninsula.

References

  1. ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Mathews, Gregory (1912). "New generic names for Australian birds". Austral Avian Record. 1: 105–117 [110].
  3. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Tregellasia". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. ^ 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). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
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Petroicidae (Australasian robins)
Amalocichla
  • Greater ground robin (A. sclateriana)
  • Lesser ground robin (A. incerta)
Drymodes
  • Southern scrub robin (D. brunneopygia)
  • Northern scrub robin (D. superciliaris)
  • Papuan scrub robin (D. beccarii)
Heteromyias
  • Grey-headed robin (H. cinereifrons)
  • Ashy robin (H. albispecularis)
Poecilodryas
  • Black-chinned robin (P. brachyura)
  • Black-sided robin (P. hypoleuca)
  • Buff-sided robin (P. cerviniventris)
  • White-browed robin (P. superciliosa)
  • Black-throated robin (P. albonotata)
  • Banded yellow robin (P. placens)
Tregellasia
  • Pale-yellow robin (T. capito)
  • White-faced robin (T. leucops)
Eopsaltria
  • Eastern yellow robin (E. australis)
  • Western yellow robin (E. griseogularis)
  • White-breasted robin (E. georgiana)
Peneoenanthe
  • Mangrove robin (P. pulverulenta)
Peneothello
  • White-rumped robin (P. bimaculata)
  • Smoky robin (P. cryptoleuca)
  • Slaty robin (P. cyanus)
  • White-winged robin (P. sigillata)
Melanodryas
  • Hooded robin (M. cucullata)
  • Dusky robin (M. vittata)
Pachycephalopsis
  • Green-backed robin (P. hattamensis)
  • White-eyed robin (P. poliosoma)
Eugerygone
  • Garnet robin (E. rubra)
Petroica
  • Snow Mountains robin (P. archboldi)
  • South Island robin (P. australis)
  • Mountain robin (P. bivittata)
  • Scarlet robin (P. boodang)
  • Red-capped robin (P. goodenovii)
  • North Island robin (P. longipes)
  • Tomtit (P. macrocephala)
    • Chatham tomtit (P. m.  chathamensis)
  • Pacific robin (P. pusilla)
  • Norfolk robin (P. multicolor)
  • Flame robin (P. phoenicea)
  • Pink robin (P. rodinogaster)
  • Rose robin (P. rosea)
  • Black robin (P. traversi)
Microeca
  • Jacky winter (M. fascinans)
  • Lemon-bellied flyrobin (M. flavigaster)
  • Yellow-bellied flyrobin (M. flaviventris)
  • Olive flyrobin (M. flavovirescens)
  • Yellow-legged flyrobin (M. griseoceps)
  • Golden-bellied flyrobin (M. hemixantha)
  • Canary flyrobin (M. papuana)
Monachella
  • Torrent flyrobin (M. muelleriana)
Taxon identifiers
Tregellasia


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