Grey-headed Robin

Description:

Colour: its body is a mixture of greys and browns – the top of its head and breast are grey, its back and shoulders are olive-brown, and its belly is white. Its rump is rufous-brown and its tail is red-brown. Its wings are blackish-brown with a broken white-grey bar running across them. It also has a olive-brown cheek patch. Its short black bill has a white tip and its legs are flesh-pink. A black line runs between its beak and eye, with a narrow white line behind its eye followed by another black one. A young bird is brown with blotched-rust underparts and head, and a pale beak. ◾Size: 18.5 – 19.5 cm.

Habitat:

Elevated rainforest

Notes:

Diet: insects which it finds on the ground. ◾Movement: it darts quickly to the ground from a nearby tree to catch insects, and once on the ground it hops swiftly. ◾Breeding: the female builds a cup-shaped nest made of vine tendrils, rootlets, leaf-skeletons and cobwebs, which is often decorated with lichen and moss. The nest is usually located in a fork of a small tree or vine. She lays one or two eggs and incubates them for 17–19 days. Both parents care for the young birds once hatched.