canberrabirds

Pink Robin

To: "'Geoff Larmour'" <>, "'COG List'" <>
Subject: Pink Robin
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:13:46 +1100
There are slight shape and other differences between the Pink Robin and the Rose Robin and the wing marks are different but not by much. I suggest the best consistent clue to distinguish the Pink Robin from the others is the all dark tail (no white).
 
Philip
 
-----Original Message-----From: Geoff Larmour [ Sent: Thursday, 24 March 2011 1:18 PM
To: 'martin butterfield'; 'COG List'     Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Red-browed treecreepers and Rose Robin

Hello Martin

 

We haven’t contributed to the list before, having only recently subscribed - though we read the postings most days.  We visit the eastern part of Tallanganda State Forest and National Park regularly (our lists are up on Eremaea for those interested).  Your posting about Rose Robin and Red-browed Treecreeper makes us realise we have been remiss in not visiting the western part of Tallaganda !

 

It would be great to have the list’s thoughts on a Robin species we have been seeing regularly this summer in the eastern part of Tallaganda.  We have tentatively identified it as immature Pink Robin.  Have you or others seen Pink Robins at Tallanganda or elsewhere in the region?  There is one recent record on Eremaea for Pink Robin at Monga National Park, which is not very far from Tallanganda as the crow (or robin) flies, but the Atlas does not list Pink Robin for this region over its breeding season.  The bird we have been seeing is a “brown” bird with tan wing bars (definitely not buff or white bars).  We have seen it on Rocky Pic Road regularly – though not in the past few weeks.  It feeds from the ground and is consistently above 1000 metres elevation.  For info, we also regularly see Scarlet and Flame Robins at Tallaganda.  The Flame Robin brown birds have buff or creamy wingbars – and so look rather different to our mystery bird.  BTW, the Flame Robins are out in force at present – including three coloured males and half a dozen brown birds queueing up to bathe in a tiny puddle on Rocky Pic Road yesterday afternoon.  Very lovely.

 

Kim and Geoff Larmour

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