Eopsaltria (Eopsaltria) australis
Eastern Yellow Robin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Petroicidae
Genus
Eopsaltria
Species
Eopsaltria (Eopsaltria) australis
Status
least concern
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- From 15 cm to 16 cm (Length of specimen)
Wingspan
- Wingspan data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Pale-yellow Robin (species: Tregellasia capito)
The Pale-yellow Robin can be distinguished from the Eastern Yellow Robin, as the latter bird has black legs rather than pinky yellow legs and is a little larger.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution: Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria (Eopsaltria) australis)
Distribution and habitat preferences
It is an Australasian robin of coastal and sub-coastal eastern Australia. The extent of its range is from the extreme southeast corner of South Australia through most of Victoria and the western half of New South Wales and north as far as Cooktown. Tropical Northern Queensland birds are mainly restricted to the warm heights of the Great Dividing Range.
It occupies a wide range of nubs: heaths, mallee, acacia scrub, woodlands and sclerophyll forests, but is most often found in damper places or near water. (Wikipedia)
Diet
It tends to inhabit fairly dark, shaded locations and is a perch and pounce hunter, typically from a tree trunk, wire, or low branch. Their diet is a wide range of small creatures, mostly insects. (Wikipedia)
