SCARLET ROBIN

314             SCARLET ROBIN              Petroica multicolor

Australia            272

12-14 cm. Found in forest foothills, woodlands, watercourses, and during autumn and winter more open habitats, red river gum woodlands, golf courses, parks and gardens. Range sw WA, Tasmania, se from Chinchilla down and around to Adelaide/Eyre Peninsular.

Subspecies leggi, photographed on Bruny Island, Tasmania February 2017