Biology:Peneothello

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Short description: Genus of birds

Peneothello
Peneoenanthe pulverulenta - Cairns Esplanade.jpg
Mangrove robin (Peneothello pulverulenta)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Peneothello
Mathews, 1920
Type species
Poecilodryas sigillata[1]
De Vis, 1890
Species

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

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
White-winged Robin (Peneothello sigillata)(2) (48837231143).jpg Peneothello sigillata White-winged robin New Guinea
Peneothello cryptoleuca Smoky robin West Papua, Indonesia.
Blue-grey Robin, Ambua Lodge, PNG (5939530851).jpg Peneothello cyanus Slaty robin New Guinea
Peneothello bimaculata White-rumped robin New Guinea
Peneoenanthe pulverulenta - Cairns Esplanade.jpg Peneothello pulverulenta Mangrove robin Aru Islands, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

References

  1. "Pectroicidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=155. 
  2. Mathews, Gregory (1920). Birds of Australia. 8. London: Witherby. p. 185. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53480694. 
  3. Jobling, J.A. (2019). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/peneothello. 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. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/au_robins/. Retrieved 16 June 2019. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q368873 entry