Voice
A cheery, trill, metallic and insect-like, not loud but far-carrying. A rapid, tickling, 'did-dit-d-wier, did-dit-d-wier, did-dit-d-wier'. A hard, abrupt, 'tchek tchek' uttered in contact. Rival males chase and threaten with a scolding, 'kek-kekekekek-kekek'.
Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii) [XC329676]
by Andrew Spencer from Eulo Bore, Queensland, Australia (call)
Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii) [XC286928]
by Marc Anderson from Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia (song)
Nest
Small, cup-shaped, composed of fine shreds of bark and dry grass, bound with cobweb, lined with hair or fur, in a fork of a tree, usually within 1 - 2 m of the ground, but sometimes much higher.
Eggs (Guide)
2 or 3; pale blue-green to grey-white dotted with grey, brown and lavender forming a zone at the larger end; rounded-oval; about 15 x 13 mm. Incubation: about 14 days; by female.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 14 days. Fed by both parents.
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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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