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flame robin (Petroica phoenicea)
| Subject: | flame robin (Petroica phoenicea)
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Description
English: Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea), Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania. 4/09/2013
Date 5 September 2013, 21:57:08
Author Tim Collins
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flame_Robin,_Eaglehawk_Neck..jpg
The flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Like the other two red-breasted Petroica robins—the scarlet robin and the red-capped robin—it is often simply called the robin redbreast. Like many brightly coloured robins of the Petroicidae, it is sexually dimorphic. Measuring 12–14 cm long, the flame robin has dark brown eyes and a small thin black bill. The male has a brilliant orange-red chest and throat, and a white patch on the forehead above the bill. Its upper parts are iron-grey with white bars, and its tail black with white tips. The female is a nondescript grey-brown. Its song has been described as the most musical of its genus. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Petroicidae. |
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