Dusky Robin
Melanodryas vittata(Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
English (US) Dusky Robin
The Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata) 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 vittata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Dusky Robin
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Melanodryas vittata vittata
- Melanodryas vittata kingi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa vittata
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
- Type locality
- 'le port du Roi-Georges, a la Nouvelle-Hollande'; error: Tasmania.
- Original description
- Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1 p.173 AtlasOis. pl.3 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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