BirdUp · Species
Jacky Winter
Microeca fascinans(Latham, 1801)
Native
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Petroicidae
- Genus
- Microeca
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The jacky winter is a small grey-brown robin found commonly throughout Australia and also in Papua New Guinea. The jacky winter acquired its name due to rapid and strong vocalisations, which sound like jacky-jacky winter-winter. Their call is also often referred to as sounding like peter-peter-peter. Its habitats include open woodlands and farmlands.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South-east New Guinea and Australia (except Tasmania)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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