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Photo by mehdhalaouate
Location: Daintree, AUS

Tregellasia capito

Identification

Grey-olive above, yellow below, white or orange sides to the forehead, yellowish legs and a short and rather broad bill. Juveniles red-brown above, pale below and have white streaks.

Distribution

Australia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• T. c. nana:

• Rainforests of northern Queensland (Cooktown to Mount Spec)

• T. c. capito:

• Rainforests of eastern Australia (south-east Queensland to Hunter River, New South Wales)

Habitat

Eucalypt forests, subtropical and tropical rainforests with dense vegetation, such as vine thickets.

Behaviour

Diet is mainly insects, some seeds.

Nest is cup shaped and made from grass, spiders' webs, moss, lichen, leaves and bark. Females incubate the eggs while the male provides food. Both parents feed the young.

It is threatened by habitat clearing for agriculture and housing.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pale-yellow Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pale-yellow_Robin

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