Blue-grey Robin (Peneothello cyanus)

Other Names (World)
Blue-grey Robin, Slaty Robin, Blue-gray Robin, Slaty Robin-flycatcher, Slaty Thicket-flycatcher, Blue Flycatcher-robin

Family
Petroicidae (Australasian Robins)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest including heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud and penetrating 'teeder teeder teeder'. Some trilling, musical notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

Slaty Robin (Peneothello cyanus) [XC176398]
by John V. Moore from Rondon Ridge, Mount Hagen, Dei District, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Slaty Robin (Peneothello cyanus) [XC140407]
by Bas van Balen from Tembagapura, Freeport, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

cyanus (Salvadori, 1874) - Vogelkop (Arfak Mts), in north-western New Guinea.
atricapilla (Hartert & Paludan, 1934) - Central and northern New Guinea mountains east to Hindenburg Range.
subcyanea (De Vis, 1897) - Mountains of eastern and ssouth-eastern New Guinea, including Adelbert Mts and Huon Peninsula.

References
See References.

Files:

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