Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebrates

ForestCup nestSmall · 36 g

Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons), photo 1 — Photo: quirino · CC BY 4.0

Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons), photo 2 — Photo: Ian Allen · CC BY 4.0

Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons), photo 3 — Photo: neotrigonia · CC0

Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons), photo 4 — Photo: neotrigonia · CC0

Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons), photo 5 — Photo: Dave Shenton · CC BY 4.0

Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons), photo 6 — Photo: Stuart · CC0

Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons), photo 7 — Photo: Stuart · CC0

ID tip

The grey-headed robin has, as its name suggests, a grey crown and lores, white throat and olive-brown ear coverts and upperparts, with a white patch on the wings. The underparts are pale, the breast is pale grey, and the belly white. The bill and eyes are dark brown.

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When to see the Grey-headed Robin

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey-headed Robin

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia

About the Grey-headed Robin

The grey-headed robin is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae. It is found in northeastern Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

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Easily confused with

Black-capped RobinHeteromyias armitiThe black-capped robin is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae native to New Guinea.

Ashy RobinHeteromyias albispecularisMeasuring 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in), the ashy robin is a large and solidly built robin.

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