Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
Slaty Robin (Peneothello cyanus) - HBW 12, p. 475
French: Miro gris-bleu
German: Graubauch-Dickichtschnäpper
Spanish: Petroica Azulada
Other common names: Blue-grey Robin, Slaty Robin-flycatcher/Thicket-flycatcher, Blue Flycatcher-robin
Taxonomy: Myiolestes ? cyanus Salvadori, 1874, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Forms a species pair with P. cryptoleuca. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cyanus (Salvadori, 1874) - Vogelkop (Arfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- atricapilla (E. J. O. Hartert & Paludan, 1934) - C & N New Guinea mountains E to Hindenburg Range.
- subcyanea (De Vis, 1897) - mountains of E & SE New Guinea, including Adelbert Mts and Huon Peninsula.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Slaty Robin feeding in roadbed, Ambua Lodge Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Christina Havard 9 April 2007 3 years ago 10 sec 4.3 -
Different dorsal and front views of a bird Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp subcyanea)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 5 years ago 13 sec 4.3 -
A bird moving close to the ground in a forest clearing. Locality Siyoubrig, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cyanus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2008 4 years ago 53 sec 3.7
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A bird in a tree.
Locality Siyoubrig, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cyanus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2008 3 years ago 3.6 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Siyoubrig, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cyanus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2008 3 years ago 3.4
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Bird recorded singing late in the afternoon. Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Sam Woods 16 September 2008 3 years ago 4 -
song Locality Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
(Monotypic species)
Niels Poul Dreyer 29 October 2012 20 weeks ago 0
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