Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans)
Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans), Bushells Lagoon, Hawkesbury, NSW, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S139525967
Small Australian robin, gray-brown above and pale below; often swings tail side to side when perched. Dark tail with prominent white outer tail feathers, absent in similar Kimberley subspecies of Lemon-bellied Flycatcher. Female Hooded Robin similar but with darker wing showing pale panels. Female Golden Whistler much larger and plumper, with a thick bill and yellow lower belly. Usually in pairs in open woodlands, where it perches prominently, often on stumps and posts. Hunts by plucking prey from the ground, in typical Australian robin style.
Source: Ebird
Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans)
Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans), Bushells Lagoon, Hawkesbury, NSW, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S139525967
Small Australian robin, gray-brown above and pale below; often swings tail side to side when perched. Dark tail with prominent white outer tail feathers, absent in similar Kimberley subspecies of Lemon-bellied Flycatcher. Female Hooded Robin similar but with darker wing showing pale panels. Female Golden Whistler much larger and plumper, with a thick bill and yellow lower belly. Usually in pairs in open woodlands, where it perches prominently, often on stumps and posts. Hunts by plucking prey from the ground, in typical Australian robin style.
Source: Ebird