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South-eastern Hooded Robin
Melanodryas cucullata cucullata
Australia's Threatened Species Category
Endangered
Listed since: 3/31/2023
IUCN's Threatened Species Category
Least Concern
Listed since: Sat Jan 09 2016 14:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Population trend: Decreasing
Other names: Hooded Robin (south-eastern)
Priority Species?
The Australian government's Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 selected over 100 priority species derived from consultation with threatened species experts and the wider community. While all species are important, focusing on a limited number of species can help target effort and resources so that outcomes can be achieved, measured and shared.
Description
The South-eastern Hooded Robin is a stunning bird marked in black and white with a bold black good extending down a white breast. They are shy birds and prefer dry eucalypt and acacia woodlands and shrublands with an open grassy understorey. The feed on insects and small lizards and are one of the first birds to call in the mornings, but are often quiet during the day.
Threats
The South-eastern Hooded Robin habitat has been declining over the past decades with much of its habitat now fragemented and degraded where nest predation is too high to compensate for adult mortality and competition with Noise Miners is high.
Quollity Conservation Hub's Overall Priority Score
58
Average life span:
Number of young produced each year:
Number of breeding events each year:
> 2yrs and < 5yrs
Several (> 3 - < 10)
Few (>3)
Minimum sexual maturity age:
1 - 2yrs
Who is helping?
Useful links for more detailed information on this species
DCCEEW - Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
SPRAT - DCCEEW Species Profile and Threats Database
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