Pink Robin

1. Males have a vivid pink breast, sooty-black upperparts, and a small white forehead spot.

2. The tail is completely dark in both sexes, with no white edges.

3. Females and juveniles are brown above, with paler underparts and a pale forehead spot.

Pink Robins feed mainly on insects and spiders, using a perch-and-pounce technique, and often forage closer to the ground than other robins. Their breeding season runs from September to January, with females building deep, camouflaged cup nests from moss, bark, and spider webs, usually in a tree fork within dense undergrowth. Females lay 2-4 eggs. Both parents feed the chicks, but nest building and incubation are done by the female.

Pink Robins inhabit cool temperate rainforests and lush eucalypt forests, especially in densely vegetated gullies of Tasmania, Victoria, and far southeastern New South Wales. They are most often seen foraging low in thick undergrowth or on the ground. During winter, some may move into more open habitats, sometimes reaching as far north as the ACT or the central coast of New South Wales. Listen for their soft, trilling song or the "tick" call, which resembles a snapping twig, to help locate them in dense vegetation.