Poecilodryas

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

Poecilodryas
White-browed robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Petroicidae
Genus:	Poecilodryas Gould, 1865
Type species
Petroica cerviniventris[1] Gould, 1858
Species
see text

The genus was erected by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865.^[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris).^[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos "variegated" with dryad "tree-nymph".^[5]

Species

The genus contains three species:^[6]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Poecilodryas hypoleuca	Black-sided robin	Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
	Poecilodryas superciliosa	White-browed robin	north-eastern Australia
	Poecilodryas cerviniventris	Buff-sided robin	northern Australia

Formerly, some authorities also placed the following species (or subspecies) in the genus Poecilodryas:

• Brown-backed whistler (now Pachycephala modesta in the family Pachycephalidae)^[7]
• Golden monarch (nitidus) (now Carterornis nitida in the family Monarchidae)^[8]
• Black-throated robin (now Plesiodryas albonotata)^[6][9]
• Banded yellow robin (now Gennaeodryas placens)^[6][9]