Northern scrub robin
| Northern scrub robin | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Drymodes |
| Species: | D. superciliaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Drymodes superciliaris Gould, 1850 | |
The northern scrub robin (Drymodes superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Petroicidae family. It is found in northern Australia, New Guinea and the Aru Islands.
Subspecies
Four subspecies are generally accepted:[2][3]
- D. s. beccarii (Salvadori, 1876) – Arfak and Wandammen Mountains, western New Guinea
- D. s. brevirostris (De Vis, 1897) – southern and south-eastern New Guinea with the Aru Islands
- D. s. nigriceps Rand, 1940 – northern New Guinea eastwards to Telefomin with the Torricelli and Adelbert Mountains
- D. s. superciliaris Gould, 1850 – northern Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Another 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.[4]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Drymodes superciliaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
- ↑ "Northern Scrub-robin (Drymodes superciliaris)". Internet Bird Collection: HBW 12, p. 467. Lynx Editions. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ↑ Schodde, R.; & Mason, I.J. (1999). The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 390–391. ISBN 0-643-06456-7.