Melanodryas
Encyclopedia
Melanodryas is a genus of bird
in the Petroicidae
family.
It contains the following species:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Petroicidae
Petroicidae
The bird family Petroicidae includes roughly 45 species in about 15 genera. All are endemic to Australasia: New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and numerous Pacific Islands as far east as Samoa. For want of an accurate common name, the family is often called the Australasian robins. Within the...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Hooded RobinHooded RobinThe Hooded Robin is a small passerine bird native to Australia. Like many brightly coloured robins of the Petroicidae it is sexually dimorphic; the male bearing distinctive black and white coloured plumage, while the female is a nondescript grey-brown.-Taxonomy:Like all Australian Robins, it is...
(Melanodryas cucullata) - Dusky RobinDusky RobinThe Dusky Robin is a small passerine bird native to Tasmania. A member of the Australian Robin family Petroicidae, it is not related to robins of Europe and North America...
(Melanodryas vittata)