Peneothello

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

Peneothello
Mangrove robin (Peneothello pulverulenta)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Infraorder:	Passerides
Family:	Petroicidae
Genus:	Peneothello Mathews, 1920
Type species
Poecilodryas sigillata[1] De Vis, 1890
Species
see text

The genus Peneothello was introduced by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1920 with white-winged robin (Peneothello sigillata) as the type species.^[2] The name combines the Latin pene "almost" and othello. Othello is the "Moorish" (i.e. black) Shakespeare character.^[3]

Species

The genus contains the following five species:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Peneothello sigillata	White-winged robin	New Guinea
	Peneothello cryptoleuca	Smoky robin	West Papua, Indonesia.
	Peneothello cyanus	Slaty robin	New Guinea
	Peneothello bimaculata	White-rumped robin	New Guinea
	Peneothello pulverulenta	Mangrove robin	Aru Islands, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

References

1. "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Mathews, Gregory (1920). Birds of Australia. Vol. 8. London: Witherby. p. 185.
3. Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 16 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.