List of Birds of Papua New Guinea - Australasian Robins

Australasian Robins

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Petroicidae

Most species of the Petroicidae have a stocky build with a large, rounded head, a short, straight bill, and rounded wingtips. They occupy a wide range of wooded habitats, from subalpine to tropical rainforest, and mangrove swamps to semi-arid scrubland. All are primarily insectivorous, although a few supplement their diet with seeds. There are 43 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.

  • Greater Ground-Robin Amalocichla sclateriana
  • Lesser Ground-Robin Amalocichla incerta
  • Torrent Flycatcher Monachella muelleriana
  • Jacky-winter Microeca fascinans
  • Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster
  • Yellow-legged Flycatcher Microeca griseoceps
  • Olive Flyrobin Microeca flavovirescens
  • Canary Flycatcher Microeca papuana
  • Garnet Robin Eugerygone rubra
  • Alpine Robin Petroica bivittata
  • White-faced Robin Tregellasia leucops
  • Mangrove Robin Eopsaltria pulverulenta
  • Black-chinned Robin Poecilodryas brachyura
  • Black-sided Robin Poecilodryas hypoleuca
  • Olive-yellow Robin Poecilodryas placens
  • Black-throated Robin Poecilodryas albonotata
  • White-winged Robin Peneothello sigillatus
  • White-rumped Robin Peneothello bimaculatus
  • Blue-gray Robin Peneothello cyanus
  • Gray-headed Robin Heteromyias albispecularis
  • Green-backed Robin Pachycephalopsis hattamensis
  • White-eyed Robin Pachycephalopsis poliosoma
  • Northern Scrub-Robin Drymodes superciliaris

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