| Eopsaltria | |
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| Eastern yellow robin, Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Eopsaltria Swainson, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Motacilla australis[1] Shaw, 1790
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| Species | |
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Eopsaltria is a genus of small forest passerines known in Australia as the yellow robins. They belong to the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek for "dawn singer/song" because of their dawn chorus. They are inquisitive and bold birds, and have been reported perching on the shoulders or boots of people in the bush. Open eucalyptus woodlands are their preferred habitat.[2] The ornithologist John Gould likened the behaviour and mannerisms of the eastern and western yellow robin to those of the European robin. The name "yellow robin" itself was applied to the eastern yellow robin by the early settlers of New South Wales.[3]
- ^ "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Wade Peter (ed.) (1977). Every Australian Bird Illustrated. Rigby. p. 215. ISBN 0-7270-0009-8.
- ^ Gould, John (1865). Handbook to The birds of Australia, Volume 1. self. pp. 293–94.