Jacky Winter
Microeca fascinans (Latham, 1802)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Jacky winter; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:21:19.109010+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Microeca fascinans (Latham, 1802)
- Name authority
- (Latham, 1802)
- Common name
- Jacky Winter
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Petroicidae
- Genus
- Microeca
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPetroicidae Mathews, 1920
- genusMicroeca Gould, 1841
- speciesMicroeca fascinans (Latham, 1802)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Microeca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lemon-bellied FlyrobinMicroeca flavigaster Gould, 1843 | PetroicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Microeca flaviventris (Sharpe, 1903) | PetroicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive FlyrobinMicroeca flavovirescens G. R. Gray, 1858 | PetroicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-bellied FlyrobinMicroeca hemixantha P. L. Sclater, 1883 | PetroicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-legged FlyrobinMicroeca griseoceps De Vis, 1894 | PetroicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Canary FlyrobinMicroeca papuana A. B. Meyer, 1875 | PetroicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=561110 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:42WFF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.