Melanodryas

Melanodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

Melanodryas
Hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Melanodryas
Gould, 1865
Type species
Muscicapa cucullata[1]
Latham, 1801
Species

2; see text

The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865 with the hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) as the type species.[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melanos "black" with dryad "tree-nymph".[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:[4]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Melanodryas cucullataHooded robinAustralia
Melanodryas vittataDusky robinTasmania

References

  1. "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Gould, John (1865). Handbook to the Birds of Australia. Vol. 1. London: Self-published. p. 283.
  3. Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Melanodryas". 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 16 June 2019.


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