Robins

[(Colin Dollery)]

Hi Bill,

Saw your robin request and thought the following might help.  Red-capped
robins are common around Charleville with some females having a slight
wash to the breast, although I would call it more rusty-brown then red
but I guess that is subjective.
The thing that I would be looking out for would be the red wash on the
forehead of the female red-capped which is quite noticeable.  The few
female scarlets that I have seen have had a whitish forehead cap.

What was the colour of the cap of the bird you saw and have you
considered a young male red-cap?



Cheers
--
Colin Dollery
Natural Resource Ranger
Qld Parks and Wildlife Service
Charleville District
ph  4654 1255
fax 4654 1418



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