Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito) - HBW 12, p. 473
French: Miro jaunâtre
German: Fahlgesichtschnäpper
Spanish: Petroica Amarillenta
Other common names: Buff-faced/Large-headed/Pale Robin; Northern Pale-yellow/Rufous-lored Robin (nana); Southern Pale-yellow Robin (capito)
Taxonomy: Eopsaltria Capito Gould, 1854, Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia.
Precise relationship of present genus with Eopsaltria uncertain; subsumed unto that genus by some earlier authors, but most recent authors maintain two separate genera. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nana (E. P. Ramsay, 1878) - NE Queensland (Cooktown district S to Cardwell and Hinchinbrook I), in NE Australia.
- capito (Gould, 1854) - coasts of SE Queensland and NE New South Wales (E Australia).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched and flying off for feeding Locality Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, Australia (ssp capito)
Keith Blomerley 4 November 2003 5 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A bird perched on a small tree trunk and flying away Locality Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, Australia (ssp capito)
Keith Blomerley 4 November 2003 5 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a bush, then in a bird bath Locality Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, Australia
Robert Schaefer 29 September 2010 2 years ago 39 sec 4.2 -
An adult perched on a trunk and flying away Locality Australia (ssp capito)
Tom Tarrant 1995 8 years ago 12 sec 2.7
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An adult bird close to its chick, both perched on a trunk.
Locality Mount Glorious, Queensland, Australia (ssp capito)
Brian J. Coates 34 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult perching on tree-trunk in diagonal-fashion.
Locality Mount Glorious, Queensland, Australia (ssp capito)
Tom Tarrant 9 April 2006 4 years ago 4 -
In the buses around the lodge.
Locality Cassowary House, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
Lee Hunter 24 June 2011 8 weeks ago 3.9 -
Perched on a rainforest branch
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia (ssp Nana)
Lindsay Hansch 8 August 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
Pale-yellow Robin perched on a vine
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia (ssp Nana)
Rhonda Hansch 8 August 2009 1 year ago 3.2
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