Heteromyias

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

Heteromyias
Grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Petroicidae
Genus:	Heteromyias Sharpe, 1879
Type species
Poecilodryas cinereifrons[1] Ramsay, 1876
Species
3; see text

The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1879 with the grey-headed robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) as the type species.^[2][3] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek heteros "different" and the Modern Latin myias "flycatcher".^[4]

Species

The genus contains three species:^[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Heteromyias cinereifrons	Grey-headed robin	Queensland, Australia
	Heteromyias albispecularis	Ashy robin	New Guinea.
	Heteromyias armiti[6]	Black-capped robin	New Guinea

References

1. "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
2. Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1879). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae Part 1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 4. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 239.
3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 580.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. 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.
6. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 29 May 2021.

External links

• Media related to Heteromyias at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Heteromyias at Wikispecies