Black-sided Robin (Poecilodryas hypoleuca)

Other Names (World)
Black-sided Robin, Black-sided Flyrobin, Black-and-white Robin, Black-and-white Flycatcher-robin, Black-and-white Thicket-flycatcher, Pied Robin

Family
Petroicidae (Australasian Robins)

Size
13 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1859)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Black-sided Robin (Poecilodryas hypoleuca) [XC555956]
by Iain Woxvold from Nena River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Black-sided Robin (Poecilodryas hypoleuca) [XC555955]
by Iain Woxvold from Nena River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

steini Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Waigeo, in West Papuan Is (off north-western New Guinea).
hypoleuca (Gray, 1859) - West Papuan Is (Salawati, Misool), and north-western and southern New Guinea (east to head of Geelvink Bay and, in south, to R Brown).
hermani Madar�sz, 1894 - Northern New Guinea (from R Mamerano) east to Morobe area, on southern side of Huon Gulf.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-sided Robin (Poecilodryas hypoleuca) - 10 files

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