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Flame Robin
Petroica phoenicea Gould, 1837
Petroicidae — Australasian Robins
Flame Robin, Petroica phoenicea, breeds in south-eastern Australia from south-eastern South Australia to south-eastern Queensland, as well as Tasmania. It is a passerine in the Petroicidae, and was described by Gould in 1837. This bird is a resident of the coolest parts of its range and is often known simply as robin redbreast. It is one of the red-breasted Petroica robins, alongside the scarlet robin and the red-capped robin. The species is sexually dimorphic, with the male showing an orange-red breast and throat, a white forehead patch, grey upperparts with white bars, and a black tail with white tips.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Petroicidae — Australasian Robins
- Breeding range
- Australasia: se SA to se QLD and Tasmania (se Australia)
