Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)

Black-sided Robin (Poecilodryas hypoleuca) - HBW 12, p. 469

French: Miro à flancs noirs German: Schwarzflankenschnäpper Spanish: Petroica Flanquinegra
Other common names: Black-sided Flyrobin, Black-and-white Robin/Flycatcher-robin/Thicket-flycatcher, Pied Robin

Taxonomy: Petroica hypoleuca G. R. Gray, 1859, Manokwari, Vogelkop, New Guinea.
Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • steini Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Waigeo, in West Papuan Is (off NW New Guinea).
  • hypoleuca (G. R. Gray, 1859) - West Papuan Is (Salawati, Misool), and NW & S New Guinea (E to head of Geelvink Bay and, in S, to R Brown).
  • hermani Madarász, 1894 - N New Guinea (from R Mamerano) E to Morobe area, on S side of Huon Gulf.

  • Least Concern
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