White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)

Other Names (World)
White-browed Robin, White-browed Flycatcher, Buff-sided Robin, Buff-sided Fly-robin, Buff-sided Shrike-robin, Buff-sided Flycatcher, White-browed Fly-robin, White-browed Shrike-robin, White-winged Fly-robin, White-eyebrowed Robin

Family
Petroicidae (Australasian Robins)

Size
14 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1847)

Derivation
Poe'-cil-o-dry'-as - Gk, poicilos, mottled; Gk, dryas, a dryad: su-per-cil-i-ös'-us - L., superciliosus, browed

Habitat
Rainforests, vine scrub, vegetated watercourses, coastal scrubs, nearby eucalypt woodlands in northern Queensland. Monsoon rainforest, swamp woodlands, bamboo and pandanus thickets near watercourses and springs, mangroves in north-western Australia.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in pairs.

Food
Insects.

Voice
A very loud, piping whistle, repeated four times. A series of soft, sweet, drawn-out whistles.

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White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa) [XC327377]
by Marc Anderson from Hope Vale, Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire, Queensland, Australia (call)

White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa) [XC439267]
by Pieter de Groot Boersma from Coen River, Oyala Thumotang National Park, Queensland, Australia (call, song)

Nest
A neat, frail cup, composed of grass, strips of bark and plant fiber, bound with cobweb, lined with leaves, in a young tree, a few meters above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
2; smooth, matt, pale yellow-green, green-grey, blue-green or buff-green, spotted and blotched with browns, all over or in an indistinct zone, particularly at the larger end; oval to long-oval; about 20 x 15 mm. Incubation: about 16 days; by female only.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 9 days. Fed by both parents.

Subspecies
No subspecies. Sometimes treated as conspecific with Buff-sided Robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris).

Poecilodryas superciliosa (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993; Christidis and Boles 1994) has been split into White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa) and Buff-sided Robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris) following Christidis and Boles (2008).

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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