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Microeca

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Microeca
Jacky winter (Microeca fascinans)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Microeca
Gould, 1841
Type species
Microeca assimilis[1]
Gould, 1841
Species

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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

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The genus contains three species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Microeca hemixantha Golden-bellied flyrobin or Tanimbar flyrobin Tanimbar Islands.
Microeca flavigaster Lemon-bellied flyrobin or lemon-bellied flycatcher Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
Microeca fascinans Jacky winter Australia and also in Papua New Guinea.


Several other species were formerly placed in this genus:

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.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ Loynes, Kate; Joseph, Leo; Keogh, J. Scott (2009). "Multi-locus phylogeny clarifies the systematics of the Australo-Papuan robins (Family Petroicidae, Passeriformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (1): 212–19. Bibcode:2009MolPE..53..212L. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.012. PMID 19463962.
  4. ^ "Bismarck Flyrobin (Microeca tax.nov.Bismarck) :: Xeno-canto".
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