Poecilodryas


Poecilodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.
The genus was erected by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865. The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-sided robin. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos "variegated" with dryad "tree-nymph".
The genus contains four species:
Formerly, some authorities also placed the following species in the genus Poecilodryas: