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Peneothello
Mangrove robin (Peneothello pulverulenta)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Petroicidae
Genus:	Peneothello Mathews, 1920
Type species
Poecilodryas sigillata De Vis, 1890
Species
see text

Peneothello is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

The genus Peneothello was introduced by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1920 with white-winged robin (Peneothello sigillata) as the type species. The name combines the Latin pene "almost" and othello. Othello is the "Moorish" (i.e. black) Shakespeare character.

Species

The genus contains the following five species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Peneothello sigillata	White-winged robin	New Guinea
	Peneothello cryptoleuca	Smoky robin	West Papua, Indonesia.
	Peneothello cyanus	Slaty robin	New Guinea
	Peneothello bimaculata	White-rumped robin	New Guinea
	Peneothello pulverulenta	Mangrove robin	Aru Islands, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

References

1. "Pectroicidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Mathews, Gregory (1920). Birds of Australia. Vol. 8. London: Witherby. p. 185.
3. Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Australasian robins, rockfowl, rockjumpers, Rail-babbler". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

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