Robsonius

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

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| taxon = Robsonius

| authority = Collar, 2006

| type_species = Napothera rabori{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=251 |title= Locustellidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-15}}

| type_species_authority = Rand, 1960

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Robsonius is a genus of passerine birds in the family Locustellidae. The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist Nigel J. Collar in 2006 with the Cordillera ground warbler (Robsonius rabori) as the type species. The name was chosen to honour the British ornithologist Craig R. Robson.{{ cite journal | last=Collar | first=N.J. | year=2006 | title=A partial revision of the Asian babblers (Timaliidae) | journal=Forktail | volume=22 | pages=85–112 [108] | url=http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Collar-Babbler.pdf }}

The genus contains the following species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2018 | title=Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies | work=World Bird List Version 8.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/grassbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=12 May 2018 }}

References

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  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

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Category:Bird genera

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Category:Endemic birds of the Philippines