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The jacky winter (Microeca fascinans) is a small grey-brown robin found commonly throughout Australia and also in Papua New Guinea. The jacky winter acquired its name due to rapid and strong vocalisations which sound like jacky-jacky winter-winter. Their call is also often referred to as sounding like peter-peter-peter. Its habitats include open woodlands and farmlands.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Ellura Sanctuary, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ellura Sanctuary
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microeca_fascinans

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• iNat taxon page
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