Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans) - HBW 12, p. 488
French: Miro enchanteur
German: Weißschwanzschnäpper
Spanish: Petroica Fascinante
Other common names: Australian Brown Flycatcher, Allied/Brown/Lesser Brown Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Loxia fascinans Latham, 1801, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Species was for long referred to as M. leucophaea, as current name erroneously assumed to be based on an early painting that was indeterminable. Nominate race and assimilis intergrade in SE Australia; intermediate individuals described as race barcoo (based on specimen from E South Australia). Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- zimmeri Mayr & Rand, 1935 - SE New Guinea (from Bereina S to Port Moresby).
- pallida De Vis, 1884 - N Australia from N Western Australia E to W Queensland.
- assimilis Gould, 1841 - SW, C & S Australia E to mallee country of Victoria.
- fascinans (Latham, 1801) - E & SE Australia S from E & C Queensland (S from Cairns district) and E from W New South Wales and Adelaide district of South Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Juvenile from front,back, and side - calling, begging and being fed. Locality Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 15 February 2011 2 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched on a stump puffing out its feathers Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Nick Talbot 20 May 2005 5 years ago 8 sec 4.5 -
A female arriving at the nest, brooding (at different angles) and then flying away. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 43 sec 4.1 -
A female arriving at the nest and then flying away. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 19 sec 4 -
A male singing in a eucalypt tree. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A bird preening on a dead branch. Locality NewLine Quarry, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Nick Talbot 13 August 2005 3 years ago 31 sec 4
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Three birds on wire
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 June 2012 41 weeks ago 4.2 -
A member of the Flycatcher family and a commonly seen species is the Jacky Winter
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 2 years ago 4.1 -
Perched on a branch in mallee scrub
Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia
Ian Barker 9 March 2012 47 weeks ago 4 -
Perched on a branch in mallee scrub
Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia
Ian Barker 9 March 2012 47 weeks ago 4 -
The Jacky Winter
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A bird perched on barbed wire
Locality New South Wales, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Arthur Grosset 3 April 2006 3 years ago 4
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A male singing. Locality Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
(ssp fascinans)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2009 19 weeks ago 5 -
A bird calling from high in a tree next to a road. Locality Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
(ssp fascinans)
Nick Talbot 10 March 2013 8 weeks ago 0
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