Here is a female Yellow Robin for you. Just wanted to show how dirty and not as bright as the boys they look.
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Thanks Araminta, it's good to know these things. I must admit this is all very new to me and I hadn't any idea at all what I was photographing when I took those shots yesterday but it was so gorgeous I didn't care at the time!
It actually came back about ten minutes later and landed almost in the same spot. Here's the male again. Looks like the legs are a different colour as well?
Samford Valley Qld.
Hm, I have to say that I haven't payed that much attention to the legs. I thought they are all dark? Seeing they are very common in my garden, I will have a closer look at their legs
M-L
I will have to look out for the darker female EYR as well.
They are very good little bird for photography Reflex, as you found they do often perch on the same spot and stay still while they look around for food.
.I couldn't get your post out of my head WD after reading it last week. As a result I went back to the same spot this afternoon working out that at this time the sun would be almost behind me. I was only there ten minutes before two birds (both male) started hunting right in front of me.
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Samford Valley Qld.
great photos
M-L
Nothing like a nice pair of legs Araminta!
There would have been more quality photographs if I hadn't accidently adjusted my shutter speed! Talk about CRANKY!!!!!
Samford Valley Qld.
I might need Zosterops's help here?
This is an old thread but I have resurected it because I am curious about the colour of these birds legs and the difference between a Eastern Yellow Robin and a Pale Yellow Robin.
Pale yellow robin (Tregellasia capito) has different coloured legs according to this article:
http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=bh75-yellow-robin
Araminta and I compared some photo's on this thread assuming we were both photographing the same bird, i.e. an Eastern Yellow Robin but it apperas now to me that maybe we were comparing two different species of birds?
My bird had pink legs and Araminta's had black legs.
Samford Valley Qld.
Interesting conundrum,
I believe the PYR has a white face? I've never seen one in real life though.
I took this at Enoggera Reservoir.
Note the colour of the legs are clearly black. EYR or PYR?
Samford Valley Qld.
I took this four weeks ago at Mount Glorious.
It clearly has pink legs.
EYR or PYR?
Samford Valley Qld.
They are all eyr on this page, the pyr has a white face.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Now, I have just looked through a few hundred photos of Eastern Yellow Robins. I was convinced all of them had blackish legs.
And guess what I found??
Have a look at those legs . I think this proves, they can have either.
M-L
So as I understand it at this stage the PYR has a white brow above the beak whereas the EYR only has some white under the beak and EYR can have either pink or black legs?
Samford Valley Qld.
beautiful shots everyone!
love the detail in the feathers, esp reflex 4th down, stunner!
mike
I can only talk for my birds. I only have Eastern Yellow Robins, with either pink or black legs.
M-L
Thought I'd dig up this old thread about the difference between Eastern Yellow Robins and Pale-Yellow Robins.
Yesterday I took a photograph of what I assumed was an Eastern Yellow Robin but on closer inspection I believe it is a Pale Yellow Robin. Looking in the field guide also suggests PYR , "Pale yellow robin (Tregellasia capito) has different coloured legs".
PYR=Pink legs.
EYR and Western Yellow Robin has Black legs.
Samford Valley Qld.
Looks like a Eastern Yellow Robin race chrysorrhos.
Haven't seen a PYR but the guides mention pale orange/buff lores which are absent here.
Looks also a young bird which creates a little doubt with me as to positive ID.
Hope someone else can chime in.
Yeah that also looks like an EYR to me.
Here is a Pale Yellow Robin to Compare.
Notice the white patech on the face and the duller yellow colour on the chest.
Thanks Rick and agree it could be a young bird. Check your guide as to the colour of the legs on a EYR.
I have read about the pale orange to buff lores on the PYR but they are only on the race "nana". I'm not exactly sure what that means to be honest. Maybe a sub-species?
Samford Valley Qld.
I agree with EYR, i have pics of EYR with pink legs taken in Canberra, Batemans Bay and Jervis Bay, all well out of range for PYR.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Now that's definitely a different bird to mine. It even looks smaller which corresponds with the field guide.
Explain the different coloured legs though?
Samford Valley Qld.
Thanks for that.
Samford Valley Qld.
Reflex, yes your bird in #17 is definitely an EYR, as you say there is an obvious size difference between EYR and PYR, PYR is also more crytic than EYR, EYR will often follow you along a path or similar, race 'nana' is the ssp found in FNQ (pic attached), I will look through my EYR pics to comment on leg colour, maybe it is an age thing, Simpson + Day say brownish-black
Peter
I have pics from about 40 EYR sessions in Qld, NSW & ACT - I would like to read further but it appears to be age
Peter
Thought I'd weigh-in. I have a photo of both adult, and a very newly fledged young EYR (both taken around Sydney area). Both show pink legs.
Dave, Sydney.
I tend to agree. It's the only explanation (that I'm aware of) that makes sense.
Samford Valley Qld.