''Microeca'' is a

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passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their ...

birds in the Australasian robin family

Petroicidae The bird family Petroicidae includes 51 species in 19 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 th ...

. The species in this genus are commonly known as flyrobins (along with the closely related torrent flyrobin).

Species

The genus contains three species: Several other species were formerly placed in this genus: *

Yellow-bellied flyrobin The yellow-bellied flyrobin (''Cryptomicroeca flaviventris'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Cryptomicroeca''. The yellow-bellied flyrobin is endemic to New Caledo ...

or yellow-bellied robin (''Microeca flaviventris'') *

Olive flyrobin The olive flyrobin (''Kempiella flavovirescens'') is a species of bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae that is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The olive flyrobin was formerl ...

(''Microeca flavovirescens'') *

Yellow-legged flyrobin The yellow-legged flyrobin or yellow-legged flycatcher (''Kempiella griseoceps'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. It is found in New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropic ...

or yellow-legged flycatcher (''Microeca griseoceps'') * Canary flyrobin or Papuan flycatcher (''Microeca papuana'') 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.

References

* Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). ''

Handbook of the Birds of the World The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. ...

''. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions.

External links

Lemon-bellied Flyrobin at ''The Internet Bird Collection''
Petroicidae Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Petroicidae-stub