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title: "Flame Robin"
description: "Petroica phoenicea — Birds. The flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/flame-robin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Flame Robin

> Petroica phoenicea — Birds. The flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Petroica phoenicea*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4260
- Wikidata: [Q931191](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931191)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14168](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14168)

## Names

- en: Flame Robin
- de: Flammenbrustschnäpper
- es: Petroica flamígera
- fr: Miro embrasé
- nl: Vuurbuikvliegenvanger
- pl: Skalinek czerwonogardły

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4139)

## Summary

The flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Like the other two red-breasted Petroica robins—the scarlet robin and the red-capped robin—it is often simply called the robin redbreast. Like many brightly coloured robins of the Petroicidae, it is sexually dimorphic. Measuring 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) long, the flame robin has dark brown eyes and a small thin black bill. The male has a brilliant orange-red chest and throat, and a white patch on the forehead above the bill. Its upper…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_robin

## Photo

![Flame Robin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flame-robin/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277625616

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/flame-robin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).