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Petroica rosea
The Rose Robin is a slender robin with a relatively long tail. Males are dark grey above, with a white patch above the bill (frontal patch), and have a rose-pink breast. The lower part of the underbody and outer tail feathers are white, the wings and upper tail dark grey. Females are mainly brown-grey above with a small white frontal patch, white outertail and wing bars, and off-white below, with occasional pale pink wash across breast. Young birds resemble females, but are streaked white above, usually lack the white frontal patch, and are mottled darked brown underneath, with less or no pink.
Open Back Yard
Spotted on Jun 23, 2019
Submitted on Jun 24, 2019
10 Comments
nice
Stunning image Mark!
Apologies, meant to say nomination :)
Congratulations on your SOTW - a very cute cheery little bird. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations, Mac.
That pink plumage is just great - beautifully captured !
What a beautiful little bird!
Super photo Mac
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
So, so sweet! Hadn't known about this species. Thank you for sharing. Lovely shot too!