Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)

Ashy Robin (Heteromyias albispecularis) - HBW 12, p. 468

French: Miro cendré German: Weißbrauen-Farnschnäpper Spanish: Petroica Ceniza
Other common names: Black-cheeked Robin, Ground Thicket-flycatcher, White-striped Flycatcher-robin

Taxonomy: Pachycephala albispecularis Salvadori, 1876, Tamrau and Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Genus often subsumed in Poecilodryas. Closely allied to and sometimes considered conspecific with H. cinereifrons; further research required. Racial identity of birds from Gauttier Mts uncertain; tentatively included in centralis. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

albispecularis (Salvadori, 1876) - NW New Guinea (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts).
rothschildi E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - Weyland Mts and S slopes of Snow Mts, in WC New Guinea.
centralis Rand, 1940 - N & C New Guinea: Gauttier Mts, and Wissel Lakes district and N slopes of C ranges from R Idenburg E to Central Highlands.

See all 5 subspecies

albispecularis (Salvadori, 1876) - NW New Guinea (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts).
rothschildi E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - Weyland Mts and S slopes of Snow Mts, in WC New Guinea.
centralis Rand, 1940 - N & C New Guinea: Gauttier Mts, and Wissel Lakes district and N slopes of C ranges from R Idenburg E to Central Highlands.
atricapilla Mayr, 1931 - Adelbert Mts and mountains of Huon Peninsula, in NE New Guinea.
armiti (De Vis, 1894) - Herzog Mts and mountains of SE New Guinea.