Order Passeriformes Higher classification Peneothello | Phylum Chordata Family Petroicidae Scientific name Peneothello cryptoleuca Rank Species | |
Similar Torrent flyrobin, Canary flyrobin, Banded yellow robin, Black‑chinned robin, White‑eyed robin | ||
The smoky robin (Peneothello cryptoleuca) is a species of bird in the Petroicidae family endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Described by German ornithologist Ernst Hartert in 1874, the smoky robin is a member of the Australian robin family Petroicidae, or Eopsaltridae. Sibley and Ahlquist's DNA-DNA hybridisation studies placed this group in a Corvida parvorder comprising many tropical and Australian passerines including pardalotes, fairy-wrens and honeyeaters as well as crows. However, subsequent molecular research (and current consensus) places the robins as a very early offshoot of the Passerida, or "advanced" songbirds, within the songbird lineage.
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