Friday,
22 August 2025
The Hooded Robin – a special bird of our woodlands

Many of our most iconic and familiar birds in the North East feature conspicuous black and white plumage, such as the cheeky Willie Wagtail, the scissor-grinding Restless Flycatcher, the ‘pee-wee’ Magpie-lark, and of course, the common Australian Magpie.

However, one black and white species is considerably rarer and less well known than its plainly coloured counterparts – the Hooded Robin.

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