Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
White-faced Robin (Tregellasia leucops) - HBW 12, p. 473
French: Miro à face blanche
German: Weißgesichtschnäpper
Spanish: Petroica Cariblanca
Other common names: Little/White-throated Robin, White-faced Yellow Robin, White-faced Flycatcher(-robin)
Taxonomy: Leucophantes leucops Salvadori, 1876, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, New Guinea.
Precise relationship of present genus with Eopsaltria uncertain; subsumed unto that genus by some earlier authors, but most recent authors maintain two separate genera. Population of Farfak Mts belongs to leucops-mayri-nigroorbitalis group, but precise subspecific identity has not yet been determined; likewise, populations on Yapen I and in Foja Mts belong to heurni-nigriceps-melanogenys group, but subspecific identity yet to be determined; each indeterminate population may represent a new taxon. Ten subspecies provisionally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucops (Salvadori, 1876) - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts) and Bomberai (Kumawa Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- mayri (E. J. O. Hartert, 1930) - Wandammen Mts and adjacent part of Weyland Mts, in W New Guinea.
- nigroorbitalis (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1913) - WC New Guinea (S slopes of Nassau Mts and Oranje Mts).
- leucops (Salvadori, 1876) - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts) and Bomberai (Kumawa Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- mayri (E. J. O. Hartert, 1930) - Wandammen Mts and adjacent part of Weyland Mts, in W New Guinea.
- nigroorbitalis (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1913) - WC New Guinea (S slopes of Nassau Mts and Oranje Mts).
- heurni (E. J. O. Hartert, 1932) - WC New Guinea (Weyland Mts, mountains on upper R Mamberamo).
- nigriceps (Neumann, 1922) - C New Guinea (S slopes of E Oranje Mts, Victor Emanuel Mts).
- melanogenys (A. B. Meyer, 1893) - N & NE New Guinea (Cyclops Mts E to R Aicora).
- wahgiensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1952 - EC New Guinea (Kubor Range, Wahgi Mts and R Aroa area).
- auricularis (Mayr & Rand, 1935) - Wuroi, on R Oriomo, in S New Guinea.
- albifacies (Sharpe, 1882) - mountains of SE New Guinea (E from Hydrographers Mts in N, and inland from Port Moresby in S).
- albigularis (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1907) - N Queensland (NE Cape York Peninsula), in N Australia.
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A bird perched on a trunk.
Locality Sogeri Plateau, Central Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp albifacies)
Brian J. Coates 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
Single bird on forest edge.
Locality Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp albigularis)
Tom Tarrant 23 December 2008 3 years ago 3
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