Black-sided Robin

Poecilodryas hypoleuca (Gray, GR, 1859)

Black-sided Robin, Poecilodryas hypoleuca, is a bird of New Guinea in the Australasian robin family, where it breeds across the island. It lives in subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests, especially rainforests and swamp forests, and is found from sea level up to 1,200 m. It is widespread across New Guinea, though not in the transfly region in the south. The bird is black and white, with black or brownish-black upperparts, a white face pattern and underparts, and a white wing patch. It is also known as the pied robin.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Petroicidae — Australasian Robins

Breeding range

Australasia: New Guinea