Black robin vs Flame robin
The black robin is heavier: 23.5 g against 13 g for the flame robin, about 81% more.
Photo: frances schmechel · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tim Collins · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a black robin and a flame robin?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The black robin is heavier: 23.5 g against 13 g for the flame robin, about 81% more.
- Both belong to the genus Petroica, so they are close relatives.
- The black robin is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List; the flame robin is Least Concern.
Side by side
| Black robin | Flame robin | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Petroica traversi | Petroica phoenicea |
| Family | Petroicidae | Petroicidae |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| Weight | 23.5 g | 13 g – 13.8 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | shrubland |
| Conservation status | Vulnerable | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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