Poecilodryas (Poecilodryas) cerviniventris
Buff-sided Robin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Petroicidae
Genus
Poecilodryas
Species
Poecilodryas (Poecilodryas) cerviniventris
Colours
Distinguishing features
It has a green to brown back with a dark brown tail and wings streaked with white, creamy white chest, with pale orange around and beneath the wings (Wikipedia).
Size
- Up to 15 cm (Length of specimen)
Wingspan
- Wingspan data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
White-browed Robin (species: Poecilodryas (Poecilodryas) superciliosa)
Unlike the White-browed Robin, the Buff-sided Robin is larger, with a thicker and longer white superciliary stripe, duskier upper back, broad black face band, broader white remigial bar, rich tawny-rufous flanks, and white tipping on all retrices (Wikipedia).
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
It is found in the Kimberley region of north-west Western Australia and in the Top End of the Northern territory, where it inhabits woodlands and rainforest (Wikipedia).
