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 (Poecilodryas cerviniventris). The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos "variegated" with dryad "tree-nymph".
Species The genus contains three species:
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Poecilodryas hypoleuca Black-sided robin Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Poecilodryas superciliosa White-browed robin north-eastern Australia Poecilodryas cerviniventris Buff-sided robin northern Australia
Formerly, some authorities also placed the following species (or subspecies) in the genus Poecilodryas: Brown-backed whistler (now Pachycephala modesta in the family Pachycephalidae) Golden monarch (nitidus) (now Carterornis nitida in the family Monarchidae) Black-throated robin (now Plesiodryas albonotata) Banded yellow robin (now Gennaeodryas placens)
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