Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia) - HBW 12, p. 468
French: Drymode à croupion brun
German: Malleescheindrossel
Spanish: Petroica Matorralera Sureña
Other common names: Mallee/Pale Scrub-robin
Taxonomy: Drymodes brunneopygia Gould, 1841, belts of the Murray, South Australia, Australia.
Genus conventionally placed in thrush family (Turdidae) on basis of largely terrestrial lifestyle, upright posture and associated morphology, but subsequently shown to have different syringeal structure; studies of DNA-DNA hybridization indicate that it belongs with present family. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Australia: scattered locations in SW Western Australia (except for extreme SW corner), SE South Australia (E from Eyre Peninsula, S from Flinders Ranges), C & SW New South Wales and N & NW Victoria.
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A bird perched singing. Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 2 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
A bird perched singing and zoom out showing the habitat. Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 2 years ago 25 sec 4.3 -
A male on a branch, singing Locality Billiat Conservation Park, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
David Fisher 24 September 2006 6 years ago 19 sec 3.8 -
On ground, searching for food. Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia
Stephen Wallace 17 April 2009 2 years ago 14 sec 3.7 -
A bird moving on the ground. Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 2 years ago 20 sec 3.2
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Adult Southern Scrub-robin foraging in mallee scrub
Locality Round Hill Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 28 October 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Southern Scrub-robin in the open on the ground
Locality Brookfield Conservation Park, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Richard Hall 15 July 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Single bird on ground
Locality Monarto, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Mat Gilfedder 30 March 2008 3 years ago 4 -
Adult singing perched fairly high up.
Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 7 July 2001 1 year ago 3.5 -
Perched in thick undergrowth
Locality Round Hill Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 19 September 2006 2 years ago 3.5 -
A male singing.
Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 2 years ago 3.4
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A bird singing. Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 2 years ago 4.7 -
A bird calling, also its rattling alarm call. A yellow-plumed honeyeater is going 'chup-chup-chup' in the background. Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 1 August 2003 3 years ago 4
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