Buff-sided Robin

Poecilodryas cerviniventris (Gould, 1858)

16–18 cmLength20 gWeight

Busiest months: October · Most records: Australia

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Buff-sided Robin has been recorded at 5 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Kakadu National Park – Yellow WaterAustralia114 records
Fogg Dam Conservation ReserveAustralia6 records
Buffalo CreekAustralia3 records

More places

East PointAustralia2 records
Leanyer PondsAustralia1 record

Countries and regions with the most records

Australia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris) is a small, diurnal, insectivorous, perching (passerine) bird in the family Petroicidae, a group commonly known as the Australo-Papuan or Australasian robins. It is also known as the buff-sided fly-robin, buff-sided shrike-robin, and Isabellflankenschnäpper (German). The buff-sided robin is endemic to northern Australia, where it primarily occurs in riparian forests and monsoon vine thickets from the Kimberly region of Western Australia to the north-west Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria.

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Questions

How big is the Buff-sided Robin?

The Buff-sided Robin is about 16–18 cm long and weighs around 20 g.

Where does the Buff-sided Robin live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: northern Western Australia to northwestern Queensland (northwestern, north-central Australia). It is most often recorded in Australia.