Scarlet or Flame Robin?

[Lindell <>]

Two pairs of Flame Robins and one of the Scarlet Robin near the horse gate in Campbell Park this afternoon. Also nice to see a pair of the Flame actually together on the same tree trunk. Not often you can get them like that - wish the light between the trees had been better!

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Lindell

Griffith ACT

On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

Bruce is correct of course, from a front on view. The field mark to look for next, or from the back view is the Scarlet is mostly black and the Flame is mostly grey. Point 3 is red (Scarlet) cf orange-red (Flame). Although you say mainly black with a very bright red coloured chest which certainly is suggestive of Scarlet Robin. I don't think we can answer which you found, as both are likely. Having said that I have seen Scarlet Robins in most of my trips out around Canberra in the last few months but I have not seen any Flame Robins this year. 

 

Philip

 

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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Scarlet or Flame Robin?

Joanne,

 

Remember: '’ The flame comes right up”. ie the reddish/orange colour of the Flame Robin goes right up the throat. The Scarlet has a black throat.

 

There are several other fieldmarks, but I find this is the one to look for first.

 

Bruce

 

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Subject: [canberrabirds] Scarlet or Flame Robin?

 

Today i caught a flash of either a male scarlet or flame robin at The National Arboretum, about 200m away from the top where the eagle's nest sculpture is. The bird was very small, on it's own (from what i could see anyway), and mainly black with a very bright red coloured chest. I wasn't fast enough to see any white markings. It was flitting about the long grassy pastures down the side of the mountain.

I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestion as to whether it was more likely to be a scarlet or a flame robin going by this location and (apologetically) vague description? I know they're both fairly common birds around this time of year but I'm fairly new to the game so this was quite an exciting spotting for me, and if there's any way i can get more certainty about what it might have been i'd be very grateful!

Cheers, Joanne