see text 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.

[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris).

[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos "variegated" with dryad "tree-nymph".

[5] The genus contains three species:[6] Formerly, some authorities also placed the following species (or subspecies) in the genus Poecilodryas: