Eastern Yellow Robin

Eastern Yellow Robin

Eopsaltria australis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at Wilsons Promontory National Park

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

412 Verified sightings at Wilsons Promontory National Park From 2019 to 2026
12,515 In all 11 parks
March 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

Australia · 2024

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

Call0:37

Australia · 2025

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

Song0:34

Australia · 2025

© 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 Wilsons Promontory National Park?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Yellow Robin sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, based on 412 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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

February to April

In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Yellow Robin in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, against about 30% in September and October, the lowest months.

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.

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 Wilsons Promontory National Park (412 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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