The flame robin 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 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 parts are
iron-grey with white bars, and its tail black with white tips. The
female is a nondescript grey-brown. Its song has been described as the
most musical of its genus.
