Microeca

Microeca is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The species in this genus are commonly known as flyrobins (along with the closely related torrent flyrobin).

Microeca
Jacky winter (Microeca fascinans)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Petroicidae
Genus:	Microeca Gould, 1841
Type species
Microeca assimilis[1] Gould, 1841
Species
see text

Species

The genus contains three species:^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Microeca hemixantha	Golden-bellied flyrobin or Tanimbar flyrobin	Tanimbar Islands.
	Microeca flavigaster	Lemon-bellied flyrobin or lemon-bellied flycatcher	Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
	Microeca fascinans	Jacky winter	Australia and also in Papua New Guinea.

Several other species were formerly placed in this genus:

• Yellow-bellied flyrobin or yellow-bellied robin (Microeca flaviventris)^[3]
• Olive flyrobin (Microeca flavovirescens)
• Yellow-legged flyrobin or yellow-legged flycatcher (Microeca griseoceps)
• Canary flyrobin or Papuan flycatcher (Microeca papuana)

There is also an undescribed taxon of Microeca called the "Bismarck Flyrobin" (see Dutson, Birds of Melanesia, p. 162 (2011)). A recording of its songs has been made.^[4]