Flame Robin
Petroica phoenicea ‡
Beauchamp Falls Camp, SC Vic IMG_7390 20251129 - male
Notes: Male: orange-red underparts extending to chin,
slaty upperparts w. bold white wing-bars.
Especially female, has small
white forehead spot. Female also has sandy brown upperparts,
white eye-ring,
whitish wing-bars. Juvenile: fine white shaft streaks on upperparts.
The only Petroica to form flocks. Winters in open lowland habitats w. grassy
ground cover.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©
Beauchamp Falls Camp, SC Vic IMG_7602 20241130 - female, wet. CLICK for another pic.
Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_1363 20190429 - female
Point Cook, Port Phillip Bay, S Vic IMG_0956 20180429 - male w. Australia forehead spot
Foreshore, Elwood, Melbourne, D Vic IMG_4231 20220430 - female. CLICK for another view.
Beauchamp Falls Camp, SC Vic IMG_7311 20241128 - female. CLICK for another view.
Native Cat Camp, Alpine NP, E Vic IMG_7581 20151206 - male CLICK for one at Native Dog Flat Camp, Alpine NP,E Vic 20151205
Bruny Island, SE Tas IMG_1412 20160224 - juvenile
location MVI_6666 20180909