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[[Image:Rose_Robin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil <br/ >Photographed in Sydney, Australia]] | [[Image:Rose_Robin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil <br/ >Photographed in Sydney, Australia]] | ||
;[[:Category:Petroica|Petroica]] rosea | ;[[:Category:Petroica|Petroica]] rosea | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Length 10-12cm (4.0-4.75in). '''Male''': Gray back and head with short, thin slightly curved bill and a small white dot on the forehead. Deep rose-pink check, not extending to the belly, is the most diagnostic field mark. '''Female''': may have a slightly pink-tinted breast, but is overall brown and buff. | ||
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| + | ===Similar Species=== | ||
| + | Similar in morph and markings to all the other members of its genus, but ''P. rosea'' has gray (instead of red) upperparts, and the rose color (instead of pink or scarlet) does not extend behind the chest. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Australia]] | + | SE and E [[Australia]], not extending to northern Queensland. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. | Temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Forages actively for insects in the upper and middle stories of the forest, which it may catch in flight; behaviour much like a flycatcher. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Petroica+rosea}} | {{GSearch|Petroica+rosea}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=65&bid=1059 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=65&bid=1059 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Petroica]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Petroica]] | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 20 February 2009
- Petroica rosea
Identification
Length 10-12cm (4.0-4.75in). Male: Gray back and head with short, thin slightly curved bill and a small white dot on the forehead. Deep rose-pink check, not extending to the belly, is the most diagnostic field mark. Female: may have a slightly pink-tinted breast, but is overall brown and buff.
Similar Species
Similar in morph and markings to all the other members of its genus, but P. rosea has gray (instead of red) upperparts, and the rose color (instead of pink or scarlet) does not extend behind the chest.
Distribution
SE and E Australia, not extending to northern Queensland.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
Forages actively for insects in the upper and middle stories of the forest, which it may catch in flight; behaviour much like a flycatcher.
