This tiny fellow is not at all afraid to wear a pink tie with his smoky grey suit. This little beauty is a real highlight of the dense forests and rainforests of Victoria’s wilderness corner. “I’m going to East Gippsland” is our interpretation of the song of the Rose Robin. His head and back are grey, not black, and he has a more upright posture and larger size than his red robin cousins. Not to be outdone, the male Flame Robin takes the red breast a step further – the brilliant vermillion stretches from his chin to his lower belly. Robins are not the only colourful birds we see on this part of the Maximum Wildlife tour – read about the colourful parrots of Mungo here. Red-capped Robins are the desert cousins of the Scarlet Robin – more at home in the dry Mallee and Mulga forests of Australia’s Mungo Outback. Red? You thought that Scarlet Robin was red? Well this little guy takes the whole red thing a step further. We love seeing another Scarlet in East Gippsland: the Scarlet Honeyeaters of Mallacoota. Regularly seen in the You Yangs and Great Ocean Road, occasionally seen in open forests and farmland in East Gippsland. His breast is a deep clear red, set off by his striking black and white back and head. The male Scarlet Robin is a little stunner. The name petroica is from greek petros = rock oica = home, originally given to the Norfolk Robin of Norfolk Island. We regularly see four on the Maximum Wildlife tour, and occasionally see a fifth: the Pink Robin. There are 11-13 species in this group, distributed in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. We see up to 9 species of Australian robin birds on our 21 day Maximum Wildlife tours.Ī flash of brilliant colour in the soft greys and greens of the southern forests: the pink, orange and red-breasted robins of the Petroica genus. Many have white outer tail feathers and a white band in their outstretched wings. However none of the group are closely related to the robins of Europe or North America.Īustralian Robins are handsome with breasts of lemon yellow, scarlet, pink or orange, with a grey, black or olive back. ![]() This group of birds were named ‘robin’ because some have red and pink breasts, superficially similar to the red-breasted European Robin. For wildlife photographers, they are a delight. They will use a favourite perch over and over – darting to the forest floor to snatch an insect, then flying back again. ![]() Some of the most charming little birds of Australia, Australian Robins are perch and pounce insect-eaters that are familiar to most backyard gardeners and farmers.
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