Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito)

Other Names (World)
Pale-yellow Robin, Pale Robin, Rufous-lored Robin, Buff-faced Robin, Half Robin, Large-headed Robin, Northern Pale-yellow Robin, Southern Pale-yellow Robin

Family
Petroicidae (Australasian Robins)

Size
12 - 13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1852)

Derivation
Tre-gel'-las-i-a - T.H. Tregellas (1864 - 1938), Victorian bird lover: cap'-i-to - L., big-headed

Habitat
Tropical and sub-tropical rainforests, vine-scrubs, dense creekside vegetation.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in twos, occasionally in small family parties.

Food
Insects procured in the air, on the ground or among foliage.

Voice
A single or double squeak, like that of the Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons). Hard, peevish notes. A soft chirring trill. A harsh scolding 'scairr'.

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Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito) [XC400531]
by Marc Anderson from Lamington National Park (near O'reilly), Queensland, Australia (song)

Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito) [XC434878]
by Marc Anderson from Wallaman Falls Rd, Girringun National Park, Queensland, Australia (song)

Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of grass and rootlets, bound with cobweb, lined with small dead leaves and decorated on the outside with lichen, moss, and leaves, usually in a low vine, up to 6 - 7 meters above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
2; lustrous, pale green freckled with yellow-brown to chestnut, intermingled with grey spots, partucularly at the larger end where a zone may be formed; oval; about 20 x 16 mm. Incubation: probably by female.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 15 - 19 days. Fed by both parents and helpers.

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

capito (Gould, 1852) - Central-eastern Australia, east of the Great Divide, from Blackall - Conondale Ranges and Bunya Mts, south-eastern Qld, south to the Hunter River, NSW.
nana (Ramsay, EP, 1878) - North-eastern Qld, east of the Great Divide, from Big Tableland - Mt Amos, south to Paluma Range.

References
See References.

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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