Slaty robin

Blue-grey robin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Infraorder:	Passerides
Family:	Petroicidae
Genus:	Peneothello
Species:	P. cyanus
Binomial name
Peneothello cyanus (Salvadori, 1874)
Synonyms
Myiolestes cyanus Salvadori, 1874 Poecilodryas cyana (Salvadori, 1874) Poecilodryas cyanea (lapsus) Poecilodryas cyanopsis Sharpe, 1901 Poecilodryas cyanus salvadorii Rothschild & Hartert, 1900 (non Madarász, 1900: preoccupied) Poecilodryas subcyanea de Vis, 1897

The slaty robin (Peneothello cyanus), also known as the blue-grey robin, is a species of bird in the family

Measuring 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in), the slaty robin has fairly uniform blue-grey plumage, which is slightly lighter underneath and slightly darker on the cheeks and face. The tail and flight feathers are grey-black. The bill and feet are black, and the eyes are dark brown.[6]

The slaty robin is found in the highlands of New Guinea from altitudes of 900 to 2,750 m (2,950 to 9,020 ft). Within the rainforest it is found in pairs in the understory or on the ground. It is insectivorous, and hunts by gleaning. It eats ants, beetles, and thyonnid wasps.^[6]

The nest is a deep cup made of rootlets and lined with moss, and is generally placed in a tree fork around 6 m (20 ft) above the ground. One or two pale-greenish or olive eggs, splotched with olive or brown, are laid, and measure 23.5 mm x 17–19 mm.^[6]

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