Melanodryas

Melanodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

Melanodryas
Hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Petroicidae
Genus:	Melanodryas Gould, 1865
Type species
Muscicapa cucullata[1] Latham, 1801
Species
2; see text

The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865 with the hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) as the type species.^[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melanos "black" with dryad "tree-nymph".^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Melanodryas cucullata	Hooded robin	Australia
	Melanodryas vittata	Dusky robin	Tasmania