Eastern Yellow Robin

Eastern Yellow Robin

Eopsaltria australis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Kosciuszko National Park

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

183 Verified sightings at Kosciuszko National Park From 2019 to 2026
12,515 In all 11 parks
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Eastern Yellow Robin

The eastern yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) is an Australasian robin of coastal and sub-coastal eastern Australia. The extent of the eastern yellow robin's residence is from the extreme southeast corner of South Australia through most of Victoria and the eastern half of New South Wales and north as far as Cooktown. Tropical Northern Queensland birds are mainly restricted to the warm heights of the Great Dividing Range.

The eastern yellow robin was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790. Two subspecies are recognised: the northern yellow robin (subsp. chrysorrhoa) and the nominate or eastern (subsp. australis). The former was previously regarded as a separate species.

Alternatively, the eastern and western yellow robins were classified as a single species by Julian Ford in 1979 on account of similarities in calls, ecology and behaviour. Playback of one species' calls in the other's territory evoked a response. Bird taxonomist Richard Schodde did not feel that this finding warranted the lumping of the two species, but did conclude that they formed a superspecies. Two analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA of Australasian robins revealed that the divergence... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Alarm call0:41

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© Romuald Mikusek · XC1173925 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:37

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© Marc Anderson · XC1087420 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:34

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© Peter Boesman · XC1066557 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~80%
2 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~60%
3 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~60%
4 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~60%
5 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~50%
6 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~50%
7 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~50%
8 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~40%
9 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~30%
10 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
11 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
2 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
3 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Eastern Yellow Robin in Kosciuszko National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Yellow Robin sighting in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, based on 183 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 24th most-seen of the 127 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Eastern Yellow Robin in Kosciuszko National Park?

April

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Yellow Robin in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July, the lowest month. June has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see an Eastern Yellow Robin?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Yellow Robin sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Eastern Yellow Robin live in Kosciuszko National Park?

Same family: Petroicidae

The closest relatives of the Eastern Yellow Robin that you can see in Kosciuszko National Park (family Petroicidae, Australasian Robins) are Flame Robin (about 40%) and Scarlet Robin (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Eastern Yellow Robin sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Eastern Yellow Robin is recorded against all the birds logged in Kosciuszko National Park (183 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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