Hooded Robin
Melanodryas cucullata(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Hooded Robin
The Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Petroicidae (Australasian Robins) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Melanodryas cucullata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hooded Robin
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis
- Melanodryas cucullata picata
- Melanodryas cucullata cucullata
- Melanodryas cucullata westralensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa cucullata
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- 'Nova Hollandia' = Sydney, fide Mathews, 1930, Syst. Avium Australasianarum, p. 450.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.li
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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