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Grey-headed Robin

(Heteromyias cinereifrons)
Alternate name(s): "Ashy-fronted Robin", "Black-eared Robin"
Aboriginal name(s): "windan"/"yindan" [ngadjon]

Size: 16-18 cm

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Grey-headed Robin at Wikipedia .

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Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Hypipamee, QLD, August 2023]

Near-frontal view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2018]

Close-up near-lateral view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Hypipamee, QLD, August 2023]

Close-up lateral view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2018]

Close-up lateral view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Curtin Fig Tree, Atherton Tablelands, QLD, August 2020]

Lateral view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

Lateral view of a Grey-headed Robin hunting from a tree trunk (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

Close-up lateral view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Hypipamee, QLD, August 2023]

Close-up near-dorsal view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mt. Hypipamee, QLD, August 2023]

Near-dorsal view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a Grey-headed Robin hunting from a tree trunk (photo courtesy of A. Ross-Taylor)
[Daintree NP, QLD, May 2022]

Near-dorsal view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

Dorsal view of a Grey-headed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2018]

Food, Diet

Lateral view of a Grey-headed Robin eyeing its prey (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Eacham, Atherton Tablelands, QLD, November 2018]

Lateral view of a Grey-headed Robin with its prey, a beetle (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Eacham, Atherton Tablelands, QLD, November 2018]

Frontal view of a Grey-headed Robin with its prey, a beetle (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lake Eacham, Atherton Tablelands, QLD, November 2018]

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