- Eopsaltria
Taxobox
name = "Eopsaltria"
image_width = 220px
image_caption =Eastern Yellow Robin ,
Australian National Botanic Gardens
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Petroicidae
genus = "Eopsaltria"
genus_authority = Swainson, 1832"Eopsaltria" is a genus of small forest
passerine s known in Australia as the "Yellow Robins". They belong to the familyPetroicidae . The name is derived from the Greek for "dawn singer/song". Previously the two members of the genus "Tregellasia " were included in this genus; thePale-yellow Robin , "Tregellasia capito" andWhite-faced Robin , "T. leucops".Another species theMangrove Robin "Peneoenanthe pulverulenta" is often included in this genus.pecies
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Eastern Yellow Robin , "Eopsaltria australis"
*Western Yellow Robin , "Eopsaltria griseogularis"
*White-breasted Robin , "Eopsaltria georgiana"
*Yellow-bellied Robin , "Eopsaltria flaviventris"References
* Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). "
Handbook of the Birds of the World ". Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422
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