Identification: The male rose robin has dark grey uppers (with a brown tinge on wings) and a rose-red breast. The lower underparts are white.
Females are grey above with brown tinged wings. The underside is pale grey (can have a rose-pink flush).

Call/Song: Call consists of a succession of low, weak, piping notes. Sometimes it is harsher (resembling the snapping of a twig). The song is a low, sweet trill.

Found along eastern Australia, from central eastern Queensland, down the Great Dividing Range to Victoria.

Habitat:Occurs in wet mountain forests and shady fern gullies.

Feeding: Eats spiders and insects (that it may catch on the wing), such as bugs (and their larvae), beetles, flies, small moths, ants and wasps. 

Breeding/Nesting: Breeds within the period from September through February. Builds a cup-shaped nest made from green moss and fibre. 

Movement: Will often sit on a twig and fly out to catch an insect but also gathers food from trees and on the ground.

Photo: Glenn Threlfo

Other Common Names: Rose- breasted robin.

Status:

 
Distribution: In spring and summer, this bird is found in the rainforests around Binna Burra and O'Reilly's (particularly the canopy walk). In winter, it can be found in thicker gullies and scrubby areas at lower altitudes.

Abundance: In moderate numbers.

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

Nielsen, L (1991) Birds of Lamington National Park and Envrions, Beudesert Times, Queensland.