Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
(formerly Petroica multicolor)
Male Scarlet Robin, Southport, Tasmania, Australia, February 2006 - click for larger image Tasmania, Australia
February 2006

In 1999, Schodde & Mason in their Directory of Australian Birds split the Scarlet Robin into Pacific Robin P. multicolor distributed in various Pacific islands and Scarlet Robin P. boodang with 3 sub-species distributed in Tasmania, south-eastern Australia and south-western Australia. All these photos were taken in Tasmania so are of the sub-species P. boodang leggii.

Male Scarlet Robin, Coffee Creek, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, February 2006 - click for larger image The Scarlet Robin is generally found in forest and woodland but can be in more open areas especially in winter.

The male is black above with a scarlet breast and whitish belly. The head is black with a large white patch on the forecrown and the black extends to cover the throat and upper breast.
Male Scarlet Robin, Coffee Creek, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, February 2006 - click for larger image Photo 4 shows a sub-adult male while photo 5 shows a female. She has a paler red on the breast and brownish upperparts. Note the buffy "broken arrow" wingmark and the white forecrown patch.
Sub-adult Male Scarlet Robin, Freycinet NP, Tasmania, Australia, February 2006 - click for larger image
Female Scarlet Robin, Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, Australia, February 2006 - click for larger image
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