Species profile
Blue-grey Robin
Peneothello cyanus
Quick answer
Very uncommon (just four records) at 1,500 – 1,570 m. Like elsewhere in New Guinea, there areȱ twoȱ quiteȱ differentȱ songs: ȱ aȱ soft, ȱ veryȱ fast, ȱ rising, ȱ musicalȱ seriesȱ ofȱ notes; ȱ andȱ aȱ loudȱ unmusicalȱoutburstȱcomprisingȱaȱrepeatedȱthree-noteȱpattern. ȱPreviouslyȱcollectedȱbyȱPrattȱ (1982).
- Scientific name
- Peneothello cyanus
- Family
- Petroicidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Peneothello
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Petroicidae
- Arfak Robin (Heteromyias albispecularis)
- Black Robin (Petroica traversi)
- Black-capped Robin (Heteromyias armiti)
- Black-chinned Robin (Poecilodryas brachyura)
- Black-sided Robin (Poecilodryas hypoleuca)
- Black-throated Robin (Poecilodryas albonotata)
- Buff-sided Robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris)
- Canary Flyrobin (Microeca papuana)