Black-chinned Robin
Black-chinned Robin (<em>Leucophantes brachyurus</em>) is a species of Australasian Robins (<em>Petroicidae</em>) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).
Overview
Black-chinned Robin (Leucophantes brachyurus) is a species of Australasian Robins (Petroicidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).
Scientific Classification
Genus: Leucophantes; binomial: Leucophantes brachyurus; authority: Sclater, PL, 1874.
Distribution
Breeding range: Australasia.
Conservation Status
This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.
Remarks
Move Black-chinned Robin from Poecilodryas to resurrected Leucophantes based on unpublished mtDNA analysis by L Raty using GenBank material deposited by KA Jønsson in 2022 which reveals that Black-chinned Robin is deeply divergent from the other members of the Poecilodryas clade (WGAC 1094),
