About the Buff-sided Robin
The buff-sided robin is a small, diurnal, insectivorous, perching (passerine) bird in the family Petroicidae, a group commonly known as the Australo-Papuan or Australasian robins. It is also known as the buff-sided fly-robin, buff-sided shrike-robin, and Isabellflankenschnäpper (German). The buff-sided robin is endemic to northern Australia, where it primarily occurs in riparian forests and monsoon vine thickets from the Kimberly region of Western Australia to the north-west Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria. The plumage of the adult birds is characterized by a dark hood and back with a prominent white stripe on the supercilium; a white throat, white wing and tail bars, and a striking buff to…
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The buff-sided robin is a medium- to large-sized robin species, with body length ranging from 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in). Adult buff-sided robins are not sexually dimorphic, and the sexes cannot be differentiated on the basis of plumage. However, males are generally larger than females with very little overlap for weight, head length, bill length, tarsus and wing cord length; and sexing criteria can be developed on the basis of combined morphological measurements. Based on data from museum specimen labels, adult wingspans range from 84 to 93 mm (3.3 to 3. Voice: Both sexes produce similar calls, described as clear, sweet notes. Buff-sided robins call infrequently and are vocal in the early morning and late afternoon, with common calls including repeated sequences of two to three short, loud, clear whistling (the last note at a higher pitch), or a repeated series of three to five variably pitched, loud .
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What the Buff-sided Robin sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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