Australia, mainly in interior, with few records from northern tropics.
Eastern Australia, generally west of the Great Dividing Range, from the Gulf of Carpentaria to north-western Victoria, northern South Australia and Central Australia, and in Western Asustralia from the Kimberley south to the Moore River.
Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor) [XC593113]
by Marc Anderson from White Cliffs, Central Darling Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia (song)
Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor) [XC597631]
by Marc Anderson from Paroo Darling National Park, New South Wales, Australia (song)
Breeding Season (Guide)
Mainly October - December in the east and July - March in the west, or after rains.
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Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of grass and fine rootlets, lined with finer materials, in a low bush or tall grass.
Eggs (Guide)
3 or 4; white, spotted with red-back, purplish and grey, particularly at the larger end; oval; about 17 x 14 mm. Incubation: 12 days; by both sexes.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 14 days.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii) in which the red on the head only extends to the top of the crown, has a black throat and eyering, a white belly and white wing bars.
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The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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