Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
Mangrove Robin (Peneoenanthe pulverulenta) - HBW 12, p. 475
French: Miro des mangroves
German: Mangroveschnäpper
Spanish: Petroica de Manglar
Other common names: Ashy Robin(!), White-tailed Robin, Mangrove/White-tailed Shrike-robin; New Guinea Mangrove Robin (pulverulenta); Australian Mangrove Robin (Australian races)
Taxonomy: Myiolestes pulverulentus Bonaparte, 1850, Utanata River, southern New Guinea.
Has been placed in genus Poecilodryas, and more recently in Eopsaltria; retention in its own monotypic genus probably preferable, as closest relationships of this species to others in subfamily Eopsaltriinae uncertain. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pulverulenta (Bonaparte, 1850) - coastal districts and middle R Sepik and middle R Fly, in New Guinea.
- leucura (Gould, 1869) - Aru Is, and N Australia (coastal N Queensland).
- alligator (Mathews, 1912) - coast of Northern Territory, in N Australia.
- cinereiceps ( E. J. O. Hartert, 1905) - coastal NW & NE Western Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird on branches, taking off a few times. Locality Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Eldert Groenewoud 29 July 2009 3 years ago 22 sec 4 -
A male singing in a tree Locality Daintree, Queensland, Australia (ssp leucura)
Keith Blomerley 5 November 2003 5 years ago 25 sec 3.8
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Mangrove Robin foraging on the ground
Locality Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 21 July 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Foraging on the ground
Locality Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 31 July 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Single adult investigating imitation of call.
Locality Portland Roads, Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 27 December 2008 4 years ago 3
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A male singing. Locality Daintree, Queensland, Australia
(ssp leucura)
Keith Blomerley 5 November 2003 18 weeks ago 5
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