Melanodryas

Melanodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

Melanodryas
Hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Melanodryas
Gould, 1865
Species

2; see text

The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865 with the hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) as the type species.[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melanos "black" with dryad "tree-nymph".[2]

The genus contains two species:[3]

References
  1. Gould, John (1865). Handbook to the Birds of Australia. Volume 1. London: Self-published. p. 283.
  2. Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Melanodryas". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 June 2019.


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