Melanodryas cucullata - Hooded Robin

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The Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata) is a medium-large robin with a rather short slender bill and a moderately long tail which is square-tipped.
Adult males are pied (black and white) with a black hood and back, white underparts, black wings, white shoulder bar and wing stripe.
Females are similar to males but greyer with a brown-grey head and a dark brown wing with a white stripe. Juveniles are dark brown with off-white speckling, white markings on the upper body and white underneath

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