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Rose Robin. (Male)  Australia,Geotagged,Petroica rosea,Rose robin,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

    comments (4)

  1. what a lovely bird, well taken! Posted 9 years ago
    1. Thanks Annette lives up in the mountain areas. Posted 9 years ago
  2. Fantastic, that bright patch! Posted 9 years ago
    1. Not a real good specimen sort of tucked up a bit, real cold day. Posted 9 years ago

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The rose robin is a small passerine bird native to Australia. Like many brightly coloured robins of the Petroicidae it is sexually dimorphic. The male has a distinctive pink breast. Its upperparts are dark grey with white frons, and its tail black with white tips. The underparts and shoulder are white. The female is an undistinguished grey-brown. The robin has a small black bill and eyes.

It is endemic to Australia east or south of the Great Dividing Range, from Queensland through to.. more

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Back Water Fox
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Uploaded May 26, 2016. Captured Jan 1, 1970 01:00 in Valley Trail, Perisher Valley NSW 2624, Australia.
  • f/0.8
  • 1/2s
  • ISO320
  • -3.0001770mm