Jacky Winter: Juvenile

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Perching Birds (Passeriformes)

Family:

Australasian Robin (Petroicidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans)

This Photo:

Juvenile

Thank you Alan Melville for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere
A plain but petite, pretty bird. Unlike the hooded robin they have a white throat.
They are also more buff/fawn.
When seen from a distance, their breast often looks to have brown sides, with a white vertical stripe. Like it's wearing an open jacket.

Similar Species: Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata ssp cucullata)

This species is protected and classed as

RA (Rare)

under the National Parks & Wildlife, SA, Protection Act

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