Northern scrub robin

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Northern scrub robin

| image = Northern Scrub Robin, Iron Range National Park, Queensland.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Drymodes superciliaris |volume=2017 |page=e.T103737960A112806417 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103737960A112806417.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Drymodes

| species = superciliaris

| authority = Gould, 1850

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File:Bird illustration by Elizabeth Gould for Birds of Australia, digitally enhanced from rawpixel's own facsimile book616 Drymodes superciliaris.jpg

The northern scrub robin (Drymodes superciliaris) is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in northern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.{{Cite web |title=Species profile—Drymodes superciliaris (northern scrub-robin) |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=1346 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Species information |publisher=Queensland Government}} It was found to be genetically distinct from the Papuan scrub robin, which were thought to be members of the same species.{{cite journal|author=Christidis, L|author2=Irestedt, M|author3=Rowe, D|author4=Boles, W E|author5=Norman, J A|name-list-style=amp|date=2011|title= Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA phylogenies reveal a complex evolutionary history in the Australasian robins (Passeriformes: Petroicidae)|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution| doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.014 | url=http://www.nrm.se/download/18.632e8fa71321f81e5f280004641/Christidis+et+al.+MPEV+2011+Petroicidae.pdf|volume=61|issue=3|pages=726–738|pmid=21867765|bibcode=2011MolPE..61..726C }}

A putative subspecies D. s. colcloughi, known as the Roper River scrub robin, was described by Gregory Mathews in 1914 from specimens supposedly collected from the Northern Territory of Australia. However, there have been no further records from the area, the provenance of the specimens has been questioned, and the taxon is controversial.{{cite book |title=The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines |author1=Schodde, R. |author2=Mason, I.J. |name-list-style=amp |year=1999 |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |location=Melbourne |isbn=0-643-06456-7 |pages=390–391 }}