Papuan scrub robin

Papuan scrub robin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Petroicidae
Genus:	Drymodes
Species:	D. beccarii
Binomial name
Drymodes beccarii Salvadori, 1876

The Papuan scrub robin or New Guinea scrub robin (Drymodes beccarii) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It was found to be genetically distinct from the northern scrub robin, with which it was formerly considered conspecific.[2]

It is found in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. There are three subspecies.

• D. b. beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) – Arfak and Wandammen Mountains, western New Guinea
• D. b. brevirostris (De Vis, 1897) – southern and south-eastern New Guinea with the Aru Islands
• D. b. nigriceps (Rand, 1940) – northern New Guinea eastwards to Telefomin, with the Torricelli Mountains and Adelbert Range

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Drymodes beccarii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T103737970A118830706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103737970A118830706.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. 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)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61 (3): 726–738. Bibcode:2011MolPE..61..726C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.014. PMID 21867765.