Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
Green-backed Robin (Pachycephalopsis hattamensis) - HBW 12, p. 478
French: Miro à dos vert
German: Grünrücken-Dickichtschnäpper
Spanish: Petroica Dorsiverde
Other common names: Green/Western White-eyed Robin, Green Thicket-flycatcher/Whistler-robin, Green-backed Shrike-robin
Taxonomy: Pachycephala hattamensis A. B. Meyer, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, 3550 feet [c. 1080 m], north-west New Guinea.
Affinities of genus uncertain; has in the past been associated with whistler genus Pachycephala, and sometimes merged with it. Placement within current subfamily somewhat tentative; further research required. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hattamensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874) - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- ernesti E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - W New Guinea (Wandammen Mts).
- insularis Diamond, 1985 - Yapen I, in Geelvink Bay.
- hattamensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874) - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- ernesti E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 - W New Guinea (Wandammen Mts).
- insularis Diamond, 1985 - Yapen I, in Geelvink Bay.
- axillaris Mayr, 1931 - WC New Guinea (Gauttier, Weyland, Nassau and Oranje Mts).
- lecroyae Boles, 1989 - Mt Sisa, in Southern Highlands Province (E New Guinea).
- Least Concern
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