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Grey-headed robin

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The grey-headed robin has, as its name suggests, a grey crown and lores, white throat and olive-brown ear coverts and upperparts, with a white patch on the wings. The underparts are pale, the breast is pale grey, and the belly white. The bill and eyes are dark brown.
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up to 10 m (30 ft) above the ground. A clutch of one or two eggs is laid. The eggs are buff, cream- or dark greenish-white, and marked with light brown splotches and spots, usually concentrated around the large end, and they measure 26 by 19 mm.
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are used for binding or filling, and strips of fern and palm for lining; the outside is decorated by dried vegetation. The nest is generally placed in a
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Breeding occurs from August or September to January, with one or two broods per season. The nest is a shallow cup made of bark, grass, and dry leaves.
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It is endemic to Queensland in Australia. The range in Australia is from Cardwell to the Bloomfield River in northeastern Queensland. Its natural
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Barker, F. Keith; Cibois, Alice; Schikler, Peter A.; Feinstein, Julie; Cracraft, Joel (2004).
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Gill, F and D Donsker, eds. (2020). IOC World Bird List (v 10.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.1.
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in 1876, the grey-headed robin is a member of the Australasian robin family
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Phylogeny and Classification of Birds: A Study in Molecular Evolution
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del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007).
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comprising many tropical and Australian passerines, including
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from New Guinea were treated as one species and known as
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Queensland Government 1147:Snow Mountains robin ( 962:White-breasted robin ( 953:Western yellow robin ( 944:Eastern yellow robin ( 878:Black-throated robin ( 776:Northern scrub robin ( 767:Southern scrub robin ( 614:Slater, Peter (1974). 242: 1092:Green-backed robin ( 887:Banded yellow robin ( 842:Black-chinned robin ( 743:Lesser ground robin ( 717:(Australasian robins) 309:DNA-DNA hybridisation 293:Edward Pierson Ramsay 237: 1192:North Island robin ( 1156:South Island robin ( 1035:White-winged robin ( 1008:White-rumped robin ( 869:White-browed robin ( 785:Papuan scrub robin ( 171:H. cinereifrons 920:White-faced robin ( 911:Pale-yellow robin ( 851:Black-sided robin ( 809:Grey-headed robin ( 563:2004PNAS..10111040B 457:Species information 265:Cape York Peninsula 40:Conservation status 1366:Torrent flyrobin ( 1183:Red-capped robin ( 1101:White-eyed robin ( 860:Buff-sided robin ( 255:) is a species of 243: 240:Atherton Tableland 24:Grey-headed robin 1615: 1614: 1587:Open Tree of Life 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Conservation status
Near Threatened
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Passerides
Petroicidae
Heteromyias
Binomial name
Ramsay
Synonyms
Salvadori

Atherton Tableland
bird
Petroicidae
Cape York Peninsula
Queensland
ashy robin
Edward Pierson Ramsay
Petroicidae
Sibley
Ahlquist
DNA-DNA hybridisation

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