Rose robin

Rose robin
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerides
Family: Petroicidae
Genus: Petroica
Species:
P. rosea
Binomial name
Petroica rosea
Gould, 1840
The distribution of the rose robin
Data from The Atlas of Living Australia

The rose robin (Petroica rosea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. Like many brightly coloured robins of the Petroicidae, it is sexually dimorphic. The male has a distinctive pink breast. Its upperparts are dark grey with white frons, and its tail black with white tips. The underparts and shoulder are white. The female is an undistinguished grey-brown. The robin has a small black bill and eyes.

It is endemic to Australia east or south of the Great Dividing Range, from Queensland through to southeastern South Australia. Its natural habitats are the gullies and valleys of temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Petroica rosea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22704822A93986961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704822A93986961.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.