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Petroica rodinogaster
Pink Robin (Male) The Pink Robin is a small tubby bird, and is easily over-looked, being quieter than other robins. Males are brownish-black above, with a black throat and head. There is a small white spot above the bill, which is a buff spot on the female. Males have a diagnostic pink wash on the breast which extends right down under the belly. Females are a warm olive-brown above, with cinnamon buff underparts with a pinkish tint. Females and young birds have diagnostic buff wing patches. This species has a plain dark tail, lacking the white edges of other Petroicarobins.
In the breeding season (September to March) Pink Robins are seen singly or in pairs in deep gullies in dense shrub layers of damp and wet forests or rainforests. In winter, they are found in more open and drier habitats. This little male was spotted in the Liffy Falls carpark , a rainforest area.
Flying from car to car , looking in the side mirrors to be dominate thinking he can see other males on his turf , covered the mirrors up :)
Spotted on Mar 30, 2014
Submitted on Aug 15, 2014
27 Comments (1–25)
wow wow WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great color combination. Lacking a little camouflage. Wonder if it has trouble surviving.
What an elegant beauty charlie :)
Congratulations and welcome to Noah ....:)
Congratulations on this beauty......
Great photo of such a pretty bird, Charlie! Welcome to Noah :)
Congratulations on your SOTD - beautiful shot!
Congratulations Charley on SOTD! Cute robin!
Oh WOW! thankyou so much ! i am delighted to be recognized and honoured for the day.
Also for making me feel so welcome :)
Congratulations to you and your little bird Charlie !!
Hey congrats Charlie. Not bad for a first spotting !!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Congratulations Charlie!
Charlie, welcome to the community and congratulations on earning Spotting of the Day honors! I have a feeling this will be the first of many for you! ;)
Congrats again and welcome aboard!
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Thankyou so much everyone for the very warm welcome....i was very fortunate to see this little fella again today. I will add some more pictures of him soon. I sure hope you do Mark...otherwise i know where you can find one here :)
That bill is too adorable. Thanks again Charlie.. you made me read about this and it turns out I should be able to find some around here. Off to search... :-)
Wow,this one is just gorgeous,almost impossible :-) congrats, thanks for sharing and welcom to Project Noah
to good to be true! Welcome aboard. Simply stuning,spectacular,supercalifragilisticespialidocius...........!!
Adorable !
SO cute !
Super beautiful!
Wow. beautiful. congrats :)
wonderful spotting, charlie, and welcome to the community!
Thanks Mark , and i appreciate you making this community aware to me , i am going to enjoy being here sharing and learning :)
Welcome Charlie. Brilliant spotting.