Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Microeca Higher classification Microeca | Phylum Chordata Family Petroicidae Scientific name Microeca flaviventris Rank Species | |
Similar Bird, Canary flyrobin, Banded yellow robin, Yellow‑legged flyrobin, Black‑chinned robin | ||
The yellow-bellied flyrobin (Microeca flaviventris) is a species of bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia, where it occurs on the island of Grande Terre. It occupies a range of habitats, including dry lowlands woodland, Pinus and Pandanus forest and humid forest from sea level up to 1525 m.
Originally described by ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1903, it was long considered one of the yellow robins of the genus Eopsaltria. However, genetic study showed it is nested within the flyrobin genus Microeca, and hence its name has been changed from yellow-bellied robin to yellow-bellied flyrobin by the IOC.
The yellow-bellied robin is a medium-sized Australasian robin, 14–15 cm in length and weighing around 12 g. The plumage is similar to others in the genus Eopsaltria; dark olive-grey back, tail and wings, grey head and chest with a slightly lighter throat, and yellow belly and rump. The legs are grey.