Microeca

Microeca
Jacky winter (Microeca fascinans)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Microeca
Gould, 1841
Type species
Microeca assimilis[1]
Gould, 1841
Species

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Microeca is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The species in this genus are commonly known as flyrobins (along with the closely related torrent flyrobin).

Species

The genus contains three species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Microeca hemixantha Golden-bellied flyrobin or Tanimbar flyrobin Tanimbar Islands.
Microeca flavigaster Lemon-bellied flyrobin or lemon-bellied flycatcher Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
Microeca fascinans Jacky winter Australia and also in Papua New Guinea.


Several other species were formerly placed in this genus:

There is also an undescribed taxon of Microeca called the "Bismarck Flyrobin" (see Dutson, Birds of Melanesia, p. 162 (2011)). A recording of its songs has been made.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ Loynes, Kate; Joseph, Leo; Keogh, J. Scott (2009). "Multi-locus phylogeny clarifies the systematics of the Australo-Papuan robins (Family Petroicidae, Passeriformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (1): 212–19. Bibcode:2009MolPE..53..212L. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.012. PMID 19463962.
  4. ^ "Bismarck Flyrobin (Microeca tax.nov.Bismarck) :: Xeno-canto".


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