Petroica goodenovii

Red-capped Robin at Mutawintji, NSW

Petroica goodenovii at Mutawintji, NSW - 28 Aug 2022
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Identification history

Petroica goodenovii 18 Nov 2022 Liam.m
Microeca fascinans 5 Sep 2022 Darcy

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Couple of Jacky Winters foraging from the tops of the saltbushes

5 comments

DeletedUser wrote:
   7 Sep 2022
From what I can see I think this is a female Red-capped Robin. I think you can just see the reddish cap and also the wings are darker, with the white wingbar typical of Petroica robins.
jks wrote:
   7 Sep 2022
It is a little difficult to tell from the photo. I personally would say that the body form isn’t consistent with a rc robin (see tail and forehead) ….but that is the problem with 2D photo ID?! I really appreciate seeing challenge in the moderator space, this makes for a richer community and better data! And if there is no consensus, that is perfectly fine and normal. 🤗
Liam.m wrote:
   8 Sep 2022
I tend to agree with Luke on this one. Do you have any more photos @Darcy
Darcy wrote:
   8 Sep 2022
@Liam.m Sadly I only got this picture before the bird flitted off, but I'm inclined to agree that it could be a red cap
jks wrote:
   8 Sep 2022
Well, I think since we are talking in “could bes” and no further evidence, other than Darcy being there on the ground, the safest is to consider having this one as unconfirmed. Confirming species we are not sure of and it turns out to be incorrect can have flow on effects for use of that data later, in things like regional modelling, land management decisions and species-climate change predictions. PS everyone should get into GIS to do these types of analytics- it’s fun I promise.

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  • 28 Aug 2022 12:39 PM Recorded on
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