Peneothello is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.
| Peneothello | |
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| Mangrove robin (Peneothello pulverulenta) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Peneothello Mathews, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Poecilodryas sigillata[1] De Vis, 1890
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The genus Peneothello was introduced by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1920 with white-winged robin (Peneothello sigillata) as the type species.[2] The name combines the Latin pene "almost" and othello. Othello is the "Moorish" (i.e. black) Shakespeare character.[3]
Species
editThe genus contains the following five species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Peneothello sigillata | White-winged robin | New Guinea |
| Peneothello cryptoleuca | Smoky robin | West Papua, Indonesia. | |
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Peneothello cyanus | Slaty robin | New Guinea |
| Peneothello bimaculata | White-rumped robin | New Guinea | |
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Peneothello pulverulenta | Mangrove robin | Aru Islands, New Guinea, and northern Australia. |
References
edit- ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Mathews, Gregory (1920). Birds of Australia. Vol. 8. London: Witherby. p. 185.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ 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.
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