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Microeca

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

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| image = Jacky-Winter sundown apr03.jpg

| image_caption = Jacky winter (Microeca fascinans)

| taxon = Microeca

| authority = Gould, 1841

| type_species = Microeca assimilis{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=155 |title= Pectroicidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}

| type_species_authority = Gould, 1841

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = see text

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Microeca is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The species in this genus are commonly known as flyrobins (along with the closely related torrent flyrobin).

Species

The genus contains three species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2019 | title=Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler | work=World Bird List Version 9.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/au_robins/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=16 June 2019 }}

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ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Microeca hemixanthaGolden-bellied flyrobin or Tanimbar flyrobinTanimbar Islands.
120pxMicroeca flavigasterLemon-bellied flyrobin or lemon-bellied flycatcherAustralia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
120pxMicroeca fascinansJacky winterAustralia and also in Papua New Guinea.

Several other species were formerly placed in this genus:

  • Yellow-bellied flyrobin or yellow-bellied robin (Microeca flaviventris){{cite journal|title=Multi-locus phylogeny clarifies the systematics of the Australo-Papuan robins (Family Petroicidae, Passeriformes) |author1=Loynes, Kate |author2=Joseph, Leo |author3=Keogh, J. Scott |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=53|issue=1|pages=212–19|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.012 |year=2009 |pmid=19463962|bibcode=2009MolPE..53..212L }}
  • Olive flyrobin (Microeca flavovirescens)
  • Yellow-legged flyrobin or yellow-legged flycatcher (Microeca griseoceps)
  • Canary flyrobin or Papuan flycatcher (Microeca papuana)

There is also an undescribed taxon of Microeca called the "Bismarck Flyrobin" (see Dutson, Birds of Melanesia, p. 162 (2011)). A recording of its songs has been made.{{cite web | url=https://xeno-canto.org/species/Microeca-tax.nov.Bismarck | title=Bismarck Flyrobin (Microeca tax.nov.Bismarck) :: Xeno-canto }}

References

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  • Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. {{ISBN|978-84-96553-42-2}}

External links

  • [http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/lemon-bellied-flyrobin-microeca-flavigaster Lemon-bellied Flyrobin at The Internet Bird Collection]

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Category:Petroicidae

Category:Bird genera

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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