Red-capped Robin

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When to see the Red-capped Robin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-capped Robin

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

About the Red-capped Robin

The red-capped robin is a small passerine bird native to Australia. Found in drier regions across much of the continent, it inhabits scrub and open woodland. Like many brightly coloured robins of the family Petroicidae, it is sexually dimorphic. Measuring 10.5–12.5 cm (4.1–4.9 in) in length, the robin has a small, thin, black bill, and dark brown eyes and legs. The male has a distinctive red cap and red breast, black upperparts, and a black tail with white tips. The underparts and shoulders are white. The female is an undistinguished grey-brown. This species uses a variety of songs, and males generally sing to advertise territories and attract females.

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Easily confused with

Scarlet RobinPetroica boodangLike the rest of the Australasian robins, the scarlet robins are stocky passerines with large heads. TomtitPetroica macrocephalaThe tomtit is a small (13 cm, 11 g) bird with a large head and a short bill. Flame RobinPetroica phoeniceaThe largest of the red robins, the flame robin is 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) long.

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