Peneothello
''Peneothello'' is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The genus ''Peneothello'' was introduced by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1920 with white-winged robin (''Peneothello sigillata'') as the type species. The name combines the Latin ''pene'' "almost" and ''othello''. Othello is the "Moorish" (i.e. black) Shakespeare character. Species The genus contains the following five species: References

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