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19

Hooded Robin

(Melanodryas cucullata)
Alternate name(s): "Black-and-white Robin", "Black Robin", "Pied Robin"
Aboriginal name(s): Race "westralensis": "djilbot", "dodoongle", "kobamodjin" (WA)

Size: 15-17 cm
Weight: 17-28 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Hooded Robin at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "cucullata"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Durikai SF, near Warwick, QLD, November 2017]

Near-frontal view of a male Hooded Robin
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, April 2006]

Near-lateral view of a male Hooded Robin
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, April 2006]

Lateral view of a male Hooded Robin
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, April 2006]

Lateral view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Durikai SF, near Warwick, QLD, November 2017]

Lateral view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay, East Gippsland, VIC, June 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Durikai SF, near Warwick, QLD, November 2017]

Near-dorsal view of a male Hooded Robin
[Near Coonabarabran, NSW, September 2006]

Dorsal view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay, East Gippsland, VIC, June 2018]

Dorsal view of a male Hooded Robin
[Near Coonabarabran, NSW, September 2006]

Two male Hooded Robins
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, March 2007]

Lateral view of a male Hooded Robin in flight, with a view of the underwings (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay, East Gippsland, VIC, June 2018]

Dorsal view of a male Hooded Robin in flight, with a view of the upperwings (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay, East Gippsland, VIC, June 2018]

FEMALE

Near-lateral view of a female Hooded Robin; note the off-white chin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, near Cunnamulla, QLD, August 2018]

Lateral view of a female Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Sheep Station Creek near Doctors Flat, East Gippsland, VIC, March 2019]

Lateral view of a female Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Sheep Station Creek near Doctors Flat, East Gippsland, VIC, March 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a female Hooded Robin
[Near Coonabarabran, NSW, March 2007]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Lateral view of an immature male Hooded Robin; note the grey chin
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, May 2006]

Lateral view of a dependent juvenile Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[December 2018]

Lateral view of a dependent juvenile Hooded Robin being fed by one of its parents
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[December 2018]

Lateral view of a juvenile Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of C. Hayne)
[Near Moree, NSW, January 2011]

Race "picata"

ADULT

MALE

Full-frontal view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo Bore, Eulo, QLD, June 2022]

Frontal view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Barkley Highway, 50 km NW of Mount Isa, QLD, June 2021]

Frontal/ventral view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kilcowera Station, between Thargomindah and Hungerford, QLD, June 2020]

Near-frontal view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kilcowera Station, between Thargomindah and Hungerford, QLD, June 2020]

Near-lateral view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Arkaroola, SA, July 2015]

Near-lateral view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kilcowera Station, between Thargomindah and Hungerford, QLD, June 2020]

Lateral view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo Bore, Eulo, QLD, June 2022]

Lateral view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo Bore, Eulo, QLD, June 2022]

Lateral view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kilcowera Station, between Thargomindah and Hungerford, QLD, June 2020]

Lateral/ventral view of a male Hooded Robin
[Gundabooka NP, NSW, September 2012]

Near-dorsal view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo Bore, Eulo, QLD, June 2022]

Dorsal view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo Bore, Eulo, QLD, June 2022]

Dorsal view of a male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, near Cunnamulla, QLD, September 2017]

FEMALE

Frontal view of a female Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo Bore, Eulo, QLD, June 2022]

Frontal view of a female Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kilcowera Station, between Thargomindah and Hungerford, QLD, June 2020]

Frontal/ventral view of a female Hooded Robin
[Gundabooka NP, NSW, September 2012]

Near-frontal view of a female Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Barkley Highway, 50 km NW of Mount Isa, QLD, June 2021]

Near-frontal/ventral view of a female Hooded Robin
[Gundabooka NP, NSW, September 2012]

This female Hooded Robin is obviously over the Moon...
[Gundabooka NP, NSW, September 2012]

Lateral view of a female Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo Bore, Eulo, QLD, June 2022]

Lateral view of a female Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Barkley Highway, 50 km NW of Mount Isa, QLD, June 2021]

Lateral view of a female Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kilcowera Station, between Thargomindah and Hungerford, QLD, June 2020]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Lateral view of an immature male Hooded Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, near Cunnamulla, QLD, August 2018]

Lateral view of a male Hooded Robin with a dependent juvenile (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Bullita Track, near Timber Creek, NT, March 2021]

Behaviour

Social behaviour: Territorial Mobility: Sedentary Elementary unit: Pair

Food, Diet

Adults: Small insects Dependents: As adults Water intake: Daily

Like all other robins (all families), Hooded Robins are flycatchers. Most robins hunt for insects from low to mid-level perches.

Male Hooded Robin with its prey, a centipede (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay, East Gippsland, VIC, June 2018]

Immature male Hooded Robin with its prey
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, April 2006]

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