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Pacific Robin

Petroica pusilla Peale, 1848

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Petroicidae
Genus:
  Petroica

Scientific:
  Petroica pusilla

Citation:
  Peale, 1848

Reference:
  U.S.Expl.Exped. 8, p. 93, pl. 25, fig. 3

Protonym:
  Petroica pusilla

Avibase ID:
  757B71A30B194D4D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/757B71A3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 922695

Geographic range:

  • Petroica pusilla pusilla: Western Samoa (Upolu and Savai'i)
  • Petroica pusilla similis: Vanuatu (Aneityum)
  • Petroica pusilla tannensis: Vanuatu (Tanna)
  • Petroica pusilla feminina: Vanuatu (Efate and Mai)
  • Petroica pusilla cognata: Vanuatu (Erromanga I.)
  • Petroica pusilla ambrynensis: Vanuatu and Banks Group
  • Petroica pusilla soror: Vanua Lava (Banks Group)
  • Petroica pusilla kleinschmidti: Fiji (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu)
  • Petroica pusilla taveunensis: Taveuni (Fiji)
  • Petroica pusilla becki: Kadavu (Fiji)
  • Petroica pusilla polymorpha: Makira (Solomon Islands)
  • Petroica pusilla septentrionalis: Bougainville (Solomon Islands)
  • Petroica pusilla kulambangrae: Solomon Islands (Kolombangara)
  • Petroica pusilla dennisi: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Pacific Robin
German:
Pazifikscharlachschnäpper
Spanish:
Petroica del Pacífico
French:
Miro du Pacifique
Japanese:
taiheiyouhitaki (pusilla guru-pu)
Japanese:
タイヘイヨウヒタキ (pusilla グループ)
Dutch:
Karmijnvliegenvanger
Polish:
skalinek pacyficzny
Slovak:
mucholovka pestrá
Swedish:
melanesisk sydhake
Chinese:
红鸲鹟

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Pacific Robin (Pacific) ( Petroica multicolor [pusilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Pacific Robin (Pacific) ( Petroica multicolor [pusilla Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Pacific Robin ( Petroica pusilla) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Petroica [multicolor or pusilla] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms


German: Pazifikscharlachschnäpper
English: Pacific Robin, Pacific Robin (Pacific)
English (IOC): Pacific Robin
Spanish: Petroica del Pacífico
Spanish (Spain): Petroica multicolor (grupo pusilla)
French: Miro du Pacifique, Miro du Pacifique [pusilla], Miro écarlate
Japanese: taiheiyouhitaki (pusilla guru-pu)
Japanese: タイヘイヨウヒタキ (pusilla グループ)
Scientific: Petroica multicolor [pusilla Group], Petroica multicolor pusilla, Petroica pusilla, Petroica pusilla pusilla
Dutch: Karmijnvliegenvanger
Norwegian: melanesiaflueskvett (pusilla gr.)
Polish: skalinek pacyficzny
Slovak: mucholovka pestrá
Swedish: melanesisk sydhake
Chinese: 红鸲鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 緋紅鴝鶲

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