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Red-capped Robin

Petroica goodenovii(Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T, 1827)

English (US) Red-capped Robin

The Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii) 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.

Range: Australia (except far north, wetter southern and eastern fringes, and Tasmania)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Petroica goodenovii
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Red-capped Robin
Described by
(Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T, 1827)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Muscicapa goodenovii
Described by
(Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T, 1827)
Type locality
south coast of New Holland = South Australia, fide Mathews, 1912, Novit. Zool., 18, p. 304.
Original description
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15, pt.1 p.245

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 51 species of the family Petroicidae