Papuan scrub robin

Papuan scrub robin
Scientific classification
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 considered conspecific.[1]

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


References

  1. Christidis, L, Irestedt, M, Rowe, D, Boles, W E and 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.014.
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