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Bird call
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang) call
A thin, high, rattling trill, 'wee-cheedalee-dalee'; males have a scarlet breast.
Listen to the Scarlet Robin call
A field recording of the Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang) by smathichong, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Scarlet Robin in woodland habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Scarlet Robin
These birds belong to the robin family, like the Scarlet Robin, so their calls can sound alike.
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Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Soft, piping 'chop-chop' and pre-dawn piping song.
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North Island Robin Petroica longipes
Maori: toutouwai. A long loud series of downslurred notes, often at your feet.
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Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
Maori: miromiro. A short sweet three- or four-note phrase, repeated.
Questions
Questions about the Scarlet Robin
What does the Scarlet Robin sound like?
A thin, high, rattling trill, 'wee-cheedalee-dalee'; males have a scarlet breast. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Scarlet Robin?
Eastern Yellow Robin, North Island Robin and Tomtit sound similar.
Where can I hear the Scarlet Robin?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of Western Australia course.
How can I learn the Scarlet Robin call?
In SongLark's Birds of Western Australia course, it comes in Level 4: Bush Songbirds. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
Courses
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SongLark teaches the Scarlet Robin in its Birds of Western Australia course. Each course plays real field recordings and brings every bird back for review just before you would forget it.
- In Birds of Western Australia, the Scarlet Robin comes in Level 4: Bush Songbirds. That Level is about gerygones, thornbills and whistlers.
Learn it with these birds in Level 4 of Birds of Western Australia
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Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca
A sweet, wandering, falling song that seems to trail away in mid-phrase.
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Western Thornbill Acanthiza inornata
Soft, sweet twitters and 'tchip' notes from small, plain flocks.
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Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis
A loud, scolding 'tchip' and a sweet, quick warble; cocked tail.
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Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Australia's smallest bird with a loud, clear 'wee-bill' or 'sweet-pea' call.
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Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus
Loud, sharp, repeated 'peet-peet-peet' from a bird spiralling up a trunk.
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Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Rich rising whistles ending in a sharp whip-crack.
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Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
Mellow, musical piping phrases.
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Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Rich, piping fluty phrases delivered from a high perch.
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