The European robin, known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in Great Britain and Ireland, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the chat subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in most of its range except the far north.
European robin
Juvenile, Sussex
Adult and juvenile Gran Canaria robins
Robin with prey
The American robin is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin
because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family. The American robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering from southern Canada to central Mexico and along the Pacific coast.
American robin
Female
American robin eating an earthworm
Male American robin carrying an earthworm