Rose Robin

Rose Robin

OccasionalGBIF 24.0·Dongniao Rarity Index9.09

Petroica rosea· 鸲鹟科· Passeriformes

英文名:Rose Robin(学名:Petroica rosea),是雀形目鸲鹟科岩鸲鹟属的鸟类。雄性瑰色鸲鹟上体呈暗灰色,胸部粉红,腹部白色,翼下白色,尾羽黑色带白色尖端,外观独特。雌鸟为灰褐色,腹部颜色较淡,胸部有时带有粉红色调。主要分布于澳大利亚东南海岸地区,从昆士兰东南部至维多利亚州,以及南澳大利亚东南部。

Species Profile

IOC World Bird List

Rose Robin

Petroica rosea· Australasian Robins

11-12.5 cm. Most arboreal red robin: small, longish tailed, flycatcher-like. Male: upperparts/throat deep grey; breast rose-red; underparts white; outer tail feathers mainly white. Young males have faint buff-white wingbar. Female: grey-brown above with whitish broken-arrow wingmark; grey-white below, with grey breast, some washed rose; longish tail dark brown, edged white. Immature: like female; without pink breast. Singles, pairs: graceful, active; often high in forest canopy. Droops wings, cocks tail; takes insects from leaves; sallies in tumbling pursuit.

Similar Species
Pink Robin, 'brown birds': rich olive-brown with tan broken-arrow wingmark; tail shorter, no white.
Voice
male: pretty, insect-like, 'dick, dick; dick-didit, dzeer-dzeer', last notes stronger, rising. Contact note: short, scratchy 'skay'; sharp 'tick!'
Habitat
fern tree, beech, other dense, moist gullies; wetter eucalypt forests/rainforests, from near sea level in NSW and Vic. to 1000 m. In Q, breeds mostly in mountain rainforests above 500 m. Wide autumn-winter dispersal to lowland woodlands, sub-inland, coastal scrubs, riverside vegetation.
Breeding
Sept.-Jan.
Nest
beautiful small deep cup of green moss, spiders' web, lichen; lined with fur, plant down; on horizontal lichen-covered fork or branch, low to 18 m.
Eggs
2-3; pale green, blue-grey; freckled brown, purple, at large end.
Range & Status
breeds in wetter coastal and mountain forests and rainforests, on and coastwards of Divide, from sea level to c. 1000 m, from sw. Vic. to se. Q. Disperses in autumn-winter w. to Adelaide-s. Flinders Ras. (SA); Murray Valley (Vic.-NSW); coastwards and on w. slopes of Divide (NSW-Q); w. to Carnarvon Ras., coastally n. to Rockhampton (Q). Ranges n. on highlands at least to Eungella NP (Q). Uncommon. Dispersive.