White-winged Robin (Peneothello sigillata)
About the White-winged Robin
The white-winged robin (Melanodryas sigillata) is a species of bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The white-winged robin was formally described in 1890 as Poecilodryas sigillata by the English naturalist Charles Walter De Vis based on a specimen collected on Mount Victoria in southeast New Guinea. The specific epithet is from Latin meaning "adorned with little figures" from "sigilla" meaning "image", "little figure" or "mark". The white-winged robin was formerly placed in the genus Peneothello, but based on the results of a 2011 molecular genetic study of the Australasian robins by Les Christidis and coworkers, in 2025 the genus Peneothello was merged into a more broadly defined Melanodryas. Three subspecies are recognised:
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 22 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-ND · 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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