Jacky-winter
Microeca fascinans
(L 4.7-5.5" Wt 0.49-0.63 oz)
Hattah-Kulkyne Nat’l Park
30Oct2016
Common throughout Australia and
Papua New Guinea...an Australian
robin...starts singing before sunrise.
Papua New Guinea...an Australian
robin...starts singing before sunrise.
flash photo
Strong song which sounds like
jacky-jacky winter-winter or
like peter-peter-peter.
jacky-jacky winter-winter or
like peter-peter-peter.
These be three captains small,
None taller than a splinter.
One does admire to play with fire,
That’s little Jacky Winter.
(S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914)
© Marc
Anderson
Anderson
xeno-canto
Microeca is Greek for
small / to be like.
small / to be like.
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