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The buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris) is a small, diurnal, insectivorous, perching bird in the family Petroicidae, a group commonly known as the Australo-Papuan or Australasian robins. It is also known as the buff-sided fly-robin, buff-sided shrike-robin [ 3 ] and Isabellflankenschnäpper (German). [ 4 ]
The Australasian robin family was first introduced in 1888, as a subfamily with the spelling Petroecinae, by the English ornithologist Alfred Newton. [1] Although named after true robins, the Australian robins, along with many other insect-eating birds, were originally classified as flycatchers in a huge family Muscicapidae. [2]
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.
Cape robin-chat (at right) feeding a red-chested cuckoo parasite chick. The Cape robin-chats are monogamous and highly territorial nesters. [19] A pair's territory usually comprises some fraction of a hectare, but its extent varies considerably depending on the habitat. [18] The nest site is within 5 feet (regularly 0 – 2 feet) from the ground.
Immature birds initially resemble the female; [9] it is only with their second moult, which takes place at around a year of age that males adopt their distinctive adult plumage. [15] The red-capped robin moults once a year, after the breeding season, which takes place between December and April. [16] Female (or immature), southwestern Queensland
The Indian robin (Copsychus fulicatus) [note 1] is a species of passarine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is widespread in the Indian subcontinent and ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The males of the northern subspecies have brown backs whose extent gradually reduces southwards, with the males of the ...
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The western yellow robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis) is a species of bird in the Australasian robin family, Petroicidae, native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1838, the western yellow robin and its Australian relatives are not closely related to either the European or American robins, but they appear to be an early offshoot of the Passerida group of songbirds.