Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter Biography
Stumpbird’, ‘Post Sitter’ and ‘Postboy’ are three alternative names for the Jacky Winter, due to its habit of perching on bare stumps or fence-posts, where it may remain for some time, gently wagging its tail from side to side in a shallow figure-of-eight. They are also sometimes colloquially known as ‘Peter Peter’, which is a crude rendition of their song, uttered incessantly during the breeding season. As to the origin of their recommended English name, Jacky Winter, there are few clues, and the origin is open to speculation.

The Jacky Winter is a small grey-brown flycatcher with a faint pale eye-line and white underbody. The dark tail has prominent white outer feathers which are obvious when it lands, wagging his tail from side to side. The Jacky Winter typically sits upright on a bare branch or perch, wagging its tail and uttering its 'peter-peter' call. There are three sub-species, with slight geographical variation, darker in the south and paler in the far north and inland. This species is also known as the Brown Flycatcher, Postboy, White-tail or Peter-Peter.

The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Microeca flavigaster, is slightly smaller, with a longer tail, lacking the white edge. Female and immaturePetroica robins are similar, but have a distinctive light bar in the wing.

The Jacky Winter is widely distributed in mainland Australia and in south ea Jacky Winters prefer open woodland with an open shrub layer and a lot of bare ground. They are often seen in farmland and parks.st New Guinea.

Jacky Winters dart out from a perch to snatch at flying insects, returning to the same perch again. They dive and twist in the air, hovering and grabbing at insects.

During breeding, the Jacky Winter sings constantly and has high, slow song-flights. The cup-shaped nest is very small and made from grass and strips of bark, bound with spiders web on the fork of a dead branch. The female incubates the eggs and probably broods the young, fed by the male. They may raise several broods in a season. Their nest is always in an exposed position, clear of leaves.

Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter

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