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
American robin
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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
European robin
…originally a diminutive of the name Robert. 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…
American robin
American Robin
The most distinctive subspecies is the very pale T. m. confinis, isolated in the Sierra de la Laguna mountains of southern Baja California Sur in Mexico. It may deserve treatment as a separate species.
With nest-making materials