| Melanodryas | |
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| Hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Melanodryas Gould, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa cucullata[1] Latham, 1801
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| Species | |
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7; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Peneothello Mathews, 1920 | |
Melanodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. These species are found in New Guinea and Australia.
The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865 with Muscicapa cucullata Latham, the hooded robin, as the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melanos "black" with dryad "tree-nymph".[4]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following seven species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Dusky robin | Melanodryas vittata | Tasmania and Bass Strait islands (southeast Australia) |
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Hooded robin | Melanodryas cucullata | Australia (except far north and Tasmania) |
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White-rumped robin | Melanodryas bimaculata | New Guinea |
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Mangrove robin | Melanodryas pulverulenta | coastal New Guinea and north Australia |
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White-winged robin | Melanodryas sigillata | montane central, east New Guinea |
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Slaty robin | Melanodryas cyanus | montane New Guinea |
| Smoky robin | Melanodryas cryptoleuca | montane west New Guinea |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gould, John (1865). Handbook to the Birds of Australia. Vol. 1. London: Self-published. p. 283.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 562.
- ^ 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.
- ^ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
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