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White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa) Size: 14-16 cm Weight: 17-22 g (male), 15.5-17 g (female)

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

Physical description Click here for a physical description White-browed Robins are medium-sized robins. They have a white (throat, chest, flanks) to light-grey (belly, vent, undertail coverts) front, a brownish-grey back (all the way from crown to uppertail) and black flight feathers with bold white wing bars. The face is dominated by very wide, white supercilia, a thin black through the eyes and grey ear coverts with a darker-grey fringe. The outer tail feathers have white tips. Bill, legs and feet are black.

Taxonomy, classification See White-browed Robin at Wikipedia . Click here for classification information Buff-sided Robins ("Poecilodryas cerviniventris") were formerly considered to be a race of the White-browed Robin, but have since been given full species status.

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the White-browed Robin is available HERE . White-browed Robins are endemic to the coastal fringe of far-northern QLD. Their range extends from about Carmila, QLD, on the Coral Sea coastline in north-eastern QLD to Kowanyama, QLD, on the West coast of Cape York peninsula. They have a preference for rainforest, often near water, and riparian forest. They sometimes go into adjacent more open forest and into Pandanus as well.

Sightings Click here for sighting information M. Mearns reports finding a White-browed Robin in Carmila, QLD, in September 2019. This location is near the southern end of the species' range. M. Eaton spotted White-browed Robins at Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, in September 2020.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a White-browed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Frontal view of a White-browed Robin issuing its call; this is the bird whose calls were recorded on 24 September 2020
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Near-frontal view of a White-browed Robin, different stance (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Near-lateral/ventral view of a White-browed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Close-up lateral view of a White-browed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Lateral view of a White-browed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Carmila, QLD, September 2019]

Close-up near-dorsal view of a White-browed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Close-up near-dorsal view of a White-browed Robin (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

wbrowrb_me_20200924.m4a	(N QLD)	Territorial calls(?)	© ME
wbrowrb_me_20200924_3.m4a	(N QLD)	Territorial calls(?)	© ME
wbrowrb_me_20200924_2.m4a	(N QLD)	Territorial calls(?) (+ Australasian Figbird)	© ME

More White-browed Robin sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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