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title: "Schwarzkopfschnäpper"
description: "Melanodryas cucullata — Vögel. The hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) is a small passerine bird native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/hooded-robin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Schwarzkopfschnäpper

> Melanodryas cucullata — Vögel. The hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) is a small passerine bird native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Melanodryas cucullata*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1793
- Wikidata: [Q1585970](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1585970)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14191](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14191)

## Names

- en: Hooded Robin
- de: Schwarzkopfschnäpper
- fr: Miro à capuchon
- nl: Zwartkopvliegenvanger
- pl: Eukaliptusek srokaty

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1752)

## Summary

The hooded robin (Melanodryas cucullata) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. Like many brightly coloured robins of the Petroicidae, it is sexually dimorphic; the male bears a distinctive black-and-white plumage, while the female is a nondescript grey-brown.

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

## Photo

![Schwarzkopfschnäpper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hooded-robin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217443856

## Machine access

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