Hooded Robin
Melanodryas cucullata
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,278
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. Like many brightly coloured robins of the Petroicidae, it is sexually dimorphic; the male bears a distinctive black-and-white plumage, while the female is a nondescript grey-brown.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hooded robin”.