Identification: Small bird with a mid grey upper body and head. The underbody and rump is a bright yellow and the chin and upper throat is white.
 

Call/Song:  A succession of piping notes comprises this robin's call. Although monotonous, the song of the Eastern yellow robin is pleasant.       Sound: Dave Stewart -used with permission

  From Cookdown (Queensland) through to south-eastern South Australia.

Habitat:Found mostly in the coastal mountain ranges where water is common, but also found in the drier interiors of eastern Australia.

Feeding: Spiders, moths, grasshopper, wasps and flies are some of the Eastern yellow robin's diet.

Breeding/Nesting:  Breeds between the months of June and February. It makes a cup-shaped nest bark strips, fine twigs and grass bound with spiderweb, usually built in a slender fork of a tree or sapling.

Movement:  This robin is fairly inactive and moves about quietly and deliberately. It remains still to avoid an observers notice. However, it does dart quickly for food.
 
 
 

Photo: Glenn Threlfo Photo: ?

Other Common Names: Northern yellow robin, southern yellow robin, yellow-breasted shrike robin.

Status:

Distribution: Seen along most walking tracks throughout the rainforest.

Abundance: One of the most common birds in the rainforest throughout the year.

Queensland Museum (1995) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane, Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Reader's Digest Services (1979) Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds, Surry Hills, NSW.