Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Flame robin

Flame robin
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 17, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 09:08, 13 May 2013‎ (UTC)



The Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is often simply but inaccurately called the Robin Redbreast. Like many brightly coloured robins of the Petroicidae, it is sexually dimorphic. Measuring 12–14 cm (5–6 in) 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. A territorial bird, the Flame Robin employs song and plumage displays to mark out and defend its territory. Classified by BirdLife International as Near Threatened, the species has suffered a marked decline in the past 25 years.


 * I am posting this as an experiment as Red-capped Robin got 2.2k views when mainpaged on Xmas day, the lowest mainpage score I have ever seen. Given this is very similar, I am curious to see what it gets on a non-Xmas day as a comparator. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:43, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Very high quality article. Educational, encyclopedic, useful to readers and editors alike. Also, SCIENCE! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:56, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support another bird, "most musical", --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:44, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Last bird was April 22 (the fifth bird since January 1, since you ask). I'm happy to run this one in a little while but I don't think we need to run two birds within two or three weeks of each other, do we? BencherliteTalk 23:10, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * We could have another Eagle... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:27, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * @Bencherlite - true, we can leave it till May 22 onwards. Not fussed just was musing about it and didn't want to forget....Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:35, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support for May 23 - Cute bird! Lets have it on this day to be clear of Wagner. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 16:43, 8 May 2013 (UTC)