New Zealand Robin
South Island Robin (Petroica australis australis)
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Petroicidae Genus: Petroica Species: Petroica australis
Binomial name
Petroica australis Sparrman, 1788

The New Zealand Robin or Toutouwai (Māori), (Petroica australis) is a sparrow-sized bird found only in New Zealand, where it has the status of a protected endemic species. The birds are sparsely distributed through South Island and Stewart Island, although the distribution is not continuous. The South Island Robin (Petroica australis australis), and the Stewart Island Robin (Petroica australis rakiura) are today accepted as subspecies. The species is closely related to the North Island Robin (formerly Petroica australis longipes, now considered a distinct species [Miller & Lambert, 2006]), and also to the extremely rare Black Robin (Petroica traversi) of the Chatham Islands. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn3. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which do not qualify for any other category. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera Poecilodryas Heteromyias Plesiodryas Gennaeodryas Peneothello Tregellasia Eopsaltria Melanodyas Monachella Microeca Eugerygone Petroica Pachycephalopsis Drymodes The bird family Petroicidae includes roughly 45 species in about 15 genera. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Anders Sparrman (February 27, 1748–August 9, 1820) was a Swedish naturalist. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and their language. ... Binomial name Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a member of the Old World sparrow family Passeridae. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ... Stewart Island is the third largest island of New Zealand. ... In zoology, as in other branches of biology, subspecies is the rank immediately subordinate to a species. ... Binomial name Petroica traversi (Buller, 1872) The Black Robin or Chatham Island Robin is an endangered bird from the Chatham Islands off the east coast of New Zealand. ... The Chatham Islands from space. ...

The male's plumage is a dark slate grey whereas the female is dark grey-brown. On both birds the throat and belly are considerably lighter, in the male a cream colour. It is this bright breast that gave the birds their name, in comparison with the bright breast of the European Robin. The birds generally inhabit the forest fringe, and can often be found in the green belts of towns and cities. Two feathers Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. ... Binomial name Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies 7-10, see text. ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...

Gallery

North Island Robin Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 427 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (773 × 1084 pixel, file size: 123 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): New Zealand Robin... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 799 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (2189 × 1642 pixel, file size: 1. ...

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Petroica australis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern

• Miller, Hilary C. & Lambert, David M. (2006): A molecular phylogeny of New Zealand’s Petroica (Aves: Petroicidae) species based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(3): 844-855. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.012 (HTML abstract)