Scientific Name: Eopsaltria australis

These birds were named by the early settlers to Australia after their size and behaviour reminded them of the popular robin of English gardens. These inquisitive birds are distinguished by their sulphur-yellow breast and grey head and back. Members of the flycatcher family, yellow robins reach a length of around 15cm.

Did You Know? In years of plentiful food supply, up to three clutches of eggs may be laid and raised successfully, sometimes with the help of young from previous years.

Habitat: Widespread over the eastern quarter of the country, eastern yellow robins prefer open woodland, scrub and heath vegetation but also frequently inhabit adjacent suburban areas.

Diet: They are insectivorous in diet consuming a wide range of insects, spiders and other small invertebrates. They will regularly perch horizontally on the side of tree trunks surveying the area for potential meals.

Reproduction: Spring and summer are the usual breeding seasons. An exquisitely woven nest of moss, grass, small twigs, bark, etc. is constructed in a fork of a tree branch. Two or three pale blue-green eggs flecked with brown are deposited in the cup-shaped nest and incubated for two and a half weeks by the female. The chicks leave the nest after another two weeks of tireless feeding by the parents.