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Hooded Robin

Melanodryas cucullata

Family Petroicidae

Critically Endangered — ACT: Endangered, VIC: Endangered, NT: Critically Endangered

About

The hooded robin 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.

How to spot it

Real occurrence confirmed near Kakadu National Park (Atlas of Living Australia, 1987) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.

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