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BIRD FACTS |
Description The Western Yellow Robin has grey head, chest, back, wings, tail. The chin and upper throat area is paler grey. The lower breast and belly is yellow. Juveniles are brown above with small white flecks, and paler brown below.
Other Names Grey-breasted Robin
Size 15 cm
Habitat eucalypt forest, woodland, scrubland
Food insects
Breeding The nest is a cup made of grass, bark, spider webs, located in a tree fork
Range The Western Yellow Robin is found in south west of Western Australia and south of South Australia
Credits: Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
Class: | Aves | Order: | Passeriformes | Family: | Petroicidae | Genus: | Eopsaltria | Species: | griseogularis | Common Name: | Western Yellow Robin |
Relatives in same Genus Eastern Yellow Robin (E. australis) White-breasted Robin (E. georgiana)
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