Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Petroicidae > Petroica > Petroica phoeniceaPetroica phoenicea (Flame Robin)The flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Like the other two red-breasted Petroica robins—the scarlet robin and the red-capped robin—it is often simply called the robin redbreast. Like many brightly coloured robins of the Petroicidae, it is sexually dimorphic. Measuring 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) long, the flame robin has dark brown eyes and a small thin black bill. The male has a brilliant orange-red chest and throat, and a white patch on the forehead above the bill. Its upper parts are iron-grey with white bars, and its tail black with white tips. The female is a nondescript grey-brown. Its song has been described as the most musical of its genus. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.10984 EDGE Score: 3.00666 |
Adult Weight [1] | 13.5 grams | Birth Weight [2] | 2.1 grams | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 100 % | Forages - Understory [3] | 20 % | Forages - Ground [3] | 80 % | | Clutch Size [5] | 4 | Incubation [4] | 16 days | Mating Display [2] | Ground display (mostly) | Mating System [2] | Monogamy |
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Countries |
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Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Australian Alps montane grasslands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Brigalow tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Australian temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eyre and York mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mount Lofty woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Naracoorte woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Southeast Australia temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Southeast Australia temperate savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Tasmanian Central Highland forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Tasmanian temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Tasmanian temperate rain forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Tirari-Sturt stony desert |
Australia |
Australasia |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Coorong National Park |
II |
121235 |
South Australia, Australia |
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Croajingolong National Park |
II |
217067 |
Victoria, Australia |
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Girraween National Park |
II |
28978 |
Queensland, Australia |
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Grampians National Park |
II |
416373 |
Victoria, Australia |
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Hattah-Kulkyne NP and Murray-Kulkyne Park National Park |
II |
122831 |
Victoria, Australia |
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Kosciuszko National Park |
II |
1705480 |
New South Wales, Australia |
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Lavinia Nature Reserve State Reserve |
II |
17390 |
Tasmania, Australia |
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Maria Island National Park |
II |
28488 |
Tasmania, Australia |
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Wilson's Promontory National Park |
II |
119279 |
Victoria, Australia |
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Yathong Nature Reserve |
Ia |
270264 |
New South Wales, Australia |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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