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 1 year ago 26 sec 4.5 -
A bird perched on a stump puffing out its feathers Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Nick Talbot 20 May 2005 4 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 1 year 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 1 year ago 19 sec 4 -
A bird preening on a dead branch. Locality NewLine Quarry, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Nick Talbot 13 August 2005 2 years ago 31 sec 4 -
An adult perched on a branch and flying away Locality Rush Creek, Queensland, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1996 7 years ago 36 sec 3.9
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The Jacky Winter
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 1 year 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 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird perched on barbed wire
Locality New South Wales, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Arthur Grosset 3 April 2006 2 years ago 4 -
sitting on a branch, looking at something on the ground.
Locality Willie Retreat , Gibson Way, New South Wales, Australia
Arnie Hollyman 2 October 2011 33 weeks ago 3.8 -
Bird with gryllid
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia (ssp fascinans)
Geoffrey Dabb 22 September 2009 13 weeks ago 3.7 -
Perched on a dry tree
Locality Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 31 August 2006 1 year ago 3.2
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