Garnet robin
{{short description|Species of songbird native to New Guinea}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Garnet robin
| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.135068 1 - Eugerygone rubra saturatior Mayr, 1931 - Eopsaltriidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Eugerygone
| parent_authority = Finsch, 1901
| species = rubra
| authority = (Sharpe, 1879)
}}
The garnet robin (Eugerygone rubra) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is monotypic within the genus Eugerygone. It is found in New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Taxonomy
The garnet robin was described by the English ornithologist, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, in 1879, from a specimen collected in the Arfak Mountains on the island of New Guinea. He coined the binomial name Pseudogerygone rubra.{{ cite journal | last=Sharpe | first=Richard Bowdler | author-link=Richard Bowdler Sharpe | year=1879 | title=Pseudogerygone rubra | journal=Notes from the Leyden Museum | volume=1 | pages=29–30 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630908 }} It was moved to the genus Eugerygone by the German naturalist, Otto Finsch, in 1901.{{ cite journal | last=Finsch | first=Otto | author-link=Otto Finsch | year=1901 | title=Zur catalogisirung der ornithologischen abtheilung | language=de | journal=Notes from the Leyden Museum | volume=22 | issue=3 | pages=193–224 [200] | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9646257 }}
References
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{{ cite web
| url = https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=557668
| title = ITIS Report: Eugerygone
| access-date = 11 August 2014
| publisher = Integrated Taxonomic Information System }}
}}
{{Petroicidae}}
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Category:Birds of the New Guinea Highlands
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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