European robin
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The European robin, known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found ac
Erithacus rubecula with cocked head
Adult and juvenile Gran Canaria robins
Tenerife robin Erithacus rubecula superbus, Los Silos, Tenerife
Juvenile, Sussex
Thrush (bird)
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The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the c
European robin
…The term robin is also applied to some birds in other families with red or orange breasts. These include the American robin (Turdus migratorius, a thrush) and the Australasian robins of the family Petroicidae, the relationships of which are unclear. Other older English names for the bird include ruddock…
Psophocichla litsitsirupa
Redwing, fieldfare, ring ouzel