Yellow Robins
Eopsaltria
Eopsaltria is a genus of small forest passerines known in Australia as the yellow robins. They belong to the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek for "dawn singer/song" because of their dawn chorus. They are inquisitive and bold birds, and have been reported perching on the shoulders or boots of people in the bush. Open eucalyptus woodlands are their preferred habitat. The ornithologist John Gould likened the behaviour and mannerisms...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Eastern Yellow Robin
speciesEopsaltria australis
Pale-yellow Robin
speciesEopsaltria capito
White-breasted Robin
speciesEopsaltria georgiana
Western Yellow Robin
speciesEopsaltria griseogularis
White-faced Robin
speciesEopsaltria leucops
Banded Yellow Robin
speciesEopsaltria placens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14150.