ID please

["Williams, Roger" <>]

Hi Philip,

              The only reason that I didn't,think it was a Rose Robin is because the colour's on the wings in my photo,s are a light brown and not white,but saying that the bird was fairly high up in the trees,i haven’t seen a Rose Robin at Karma before and certainty Rose Robins seem to be fairly common in the ANBG.

                                    Roger  

 

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Hi Roger,

 

Yes that is a hard one. The photos come across as very dark. I increased the brightness. My guess is a female Rose Robin. It appears to show a bit of whitish outer tail feathers and some other white edge to other tail feathers. If so, that would rule out Pink Robin. Not that I have been to Karma reserve (is that Kama) but the Pink Robin is normally a forest bird and I suspect that isn't. Lack of white spot on forehead would appear to rule out Scarlet Robin and not enough reddish front. The colour and placement of the wing markings maybe fits the Rose Robin best and they are known to move through odd habitats (other than forest) when moving. Female Flame Robin is my second guess but the shape is not quite right (not long enough) and I suspect the wing markings fit Rose Robin better (though the bird is untidy).

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Williams, Roger [
Sent: Monday, 25 February 2013 5:28 PM
To: canberrabirds
Subject: [canberrabirds] ID please

           All these photo’s are of the same bird,taken at Karma reserve this afternoon. Which Robin Please I lean towards Scarlet or may be Pink. Thoughts please .

                            Roger Williams