Melanodryas
Genus of birds
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Melanodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. These species are found in New Guinea and Australia.
| Melanodryas | |
|---|---|
| |
| Hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Melanodryas Gould, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa cucullata[1] Latham, 1801 | |
| Species | |
|
7; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Peneothello Mathews, 1920 | |
The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865 with Muscicapa cucullata Latham, the hooded robin, as the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melanos "black" with dryad "tree-nymph".[4]
Species
The genus contains the following seven species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dusky robin | Melanodryas vittata | Tasmania and Bass Strait islands (southeast Australia) |
 | Hooded robin | Melanodryas cucullata | Australia (except far north and Tasmania) |
.jpg) | White-rumped robin | Melanodryas bimaculata | New Guinea |
 | Mangrove robin | Melanodryas pulverulenta | coastal New Guinea and north Australia |
_(48837780487)_(cropped).jpg) | White-winged robin | Melanodryas sigillata | montane central, east New Guinea |
.jpg) | Slaty robin | Melanodryas cyanus | montane New Guinea |
| Smoky robin | Melanodryas cryptoleuca | montane west New Guinea | |
