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Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster) Alternate name(s): "Pink-breasted Robin", "Magenta-breasted Robin" Size: 11.5-13 cm Weight: 8-12 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Pink Robins are small robins. Their plumage is dimorphic, i.e. males and females are different. Male Pink Robins have a conspicuous pink chest and belly. The vent is white, the undertail is grey. The head, except for a small white spot on the frons, throat and all of the back, including the upperwings, are black. The bill is black. Female Pink Robins are almost entirely brown, with a very faint pink tint on the chest. The wings are brown and dark brownish-grey. Females have a brown bill. Females also have lighter, brownish-grey legs and feet than males, whose legs and feet are darker grey. The irises of both sexes are dark. Juveniles have cryptic plumage that is scalloped reddish-brown, with some darker brown on the wings. Except for the scalloping they resemble females. Twitcher's tip Compared to Rose Robins, Pink Robins have a somewhat darker front and a black back.

Taxonomy, classification See Pink Robin at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed based on sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Pink Robin is available HERE . There are two races of Pink Robins, both of which are endemic to Australia. Nominate race "rodinogaster" is found only in Tasmania and on some of the islands along Bass Strait. Race "inexpectata" populates the far south-eastern part of the Australian continent. Their range extends from about Woollongong, NSW, inland to Canberra, ACT, and southward from there, throughout the southern half of VIC, and westward to the area around Adelaide, SA. Their core breeding range is south-eastern VIC only. Pink Robins have a preference for dense gullies of tall open forest. During the time of dispersal they venture into more open forest.

Sightings Click here for sighting information Race "rodinogaster" D. Wilczynska reports spotting a male Pink Robin, race "rodinogaster", at Liffey Falls, 30 km South of Deloraine, on the edge of forest on the central plateau, TAS, in March 2015. Race "inexpectata" R. Plumtree reports spotting a male Pink Robin, race "inexpectata", along Mellick Munjie Road, NNW of Buchan, East Gippsland, VIC, in May 2014. Another male Pink Robin, race "inexpectata", was found by R. Plumtree at Great Otway NP, VIC, in September 2018.

Photos

Race "rodinogaster"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Pink Robin (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Liffey Falls, 30 km South of Deloraine, TAS, March 2015]

Near-frontal view of a male Pink Robin (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Liffey Falls, 30 km South of Deloraine, TAS, March 2015]

Lateral view of a male Pink Robin eye-balling its "opponent" in the mirror (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Liffey Falls, 30 km South of Deloraine, TAS, March 2015]

Partly obscured lateral view of a male Pink Robin (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Liffey Falls, 30 km South of Deloraine, TAS, March 2015]

This photo, with two reflections, offers various views of the same male Pink Robin (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Liffey Falls, 30 km South of Deloraine, TAS, March 2015]

Race "inexpectata"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Pink Robin (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Near Buckan, East Gippsland, VIC, May 2014]

Near-lateral view of a male Pink Robin (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Great Otway NP, VIC, September 2018]

Lateral view of a male Pink Robin (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Great Otway NP, VIC, September 2018]

Dorsal view of the same male Pink Robin as shown above (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Near Buckan, East Gippsland, VIC, May 2014]

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