Canary flyrobin | |
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Illustration by J G Keulemans (1901) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Petroicidae |
Genus: | Devioeca Mathews, 1925 |
Species: | D. papuana
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Binomial name | |
Devioeca papuana (Meyer, A.B., 1875)
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Synonyms | |
Microeca papuana |
The canary flyrobin (Devioeca papuana), also known as the Papuan flycatcher, canary robin, canary flycatcher, or montane flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests with elevations from 1,100–3,500 m (3,609–11,483 ft). Currently, its population is believed to be stable.[2]
The canary flyrobin was described by the German ornithologist, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, in 1875, from a specimen collected in the Arfak Mountains on the island of New Guinea. He coined the binomial name Microeca papuana.[3][4] It was moved to the resurrected genus Devioeca, based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2011.[5][6] The genus Devioeca was originally introduced by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1925.[7]