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Compare female Hooded Robin, which has white bars in folded wing, white edges to tail, and typically inhabits more open areas.
Not listed
Endemic to Australia
At a glance
FamilyAustralasian Robins
SizeMedium
RarityRare
HabitatOpen woodland, scrub, forest edge, gardens, and mixed canopy with active insect life.
Best timeReported across most months in Western Australia, with no narrow seasonal peak.
Sounds
Sound sampleRecorded by Audun Eriksen
Range map
Range map
327visible hotspots
3762visible records
1states
SparseModerateDense hotspot
Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Overview
Small plump songbird found in heavy vegetation along creeks in southwestern Australia. White below, gray above, with darker gray wings. In flight, shows pale tail tips and pale wing stripe. Also compare Jacky Winter, which has extensive white edges to tail.
Behavior
Gould had called it 'white-bellied robin' in 1848, and other terms used included grey-breasted or white-breasted shrike-robin from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. trifidum ), karri she–oak ( Allocasuarina decussata ), and nedik ( Bossiaea aquifolium ), typically along rivers and gullies.
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