title: Microeca
text: # Microeca
  
  Microeca is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The species in this genus are commonly known as flyrobins (along with the closely related torrent flyrobin).
  
  ## Species
  
  The genus contains three species:
  
  | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
  | - | - | - |
  | Microeca hemixantha | Golden-bellied flyrobin or Tanimbar flyrobin | Tanimbar Islands. |
  | Microeca flavigaster | Lemon-bellied flyrobin or lemon-bellied flycatcher | Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea |
  | Microeca fascinans | Jacky winter | Australia and also in Papua New Guinea. |
  
  Several other species were formerly placed in this genus:
  
  * Yellow-bellied flyrobin or yellow-bellied robin (Microeca flaviventris)
  * Olive flyrobin (Microeca flavovirescens)
  * Yellow-legged flyrobin or yellow-legged flycatcher (Microeca griseoceps)
  * Canary flyrobin or Papuan flycatcher (Microeca papuana)
  
  There is also an undescribed taxon of Microeca called the "Bismarck Flyrobin" (see Dutson, Birds of Melanesia, p. 162 (2011)).
  
  