This article is about the American robin. For other uses, see Robin (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with European robin.
American robin
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – present
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Male
American robin song (with a Black-capped Chickadee in background)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Turdidae
Genus:
Turdus
Species:
T. migratorius
Binomial name
Turdus migratorius
Linnaeus, 1766
Breeding range
Year-round range
Wintering range
Synonyms
Merula migratoria
Planesticus migratorius
Video of a male robin singing
The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin[2]
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.
According to the Partners in Flight database (2019), the American robin is the most abundant landbird in North America (with 370million individuals), ahead of red-winged blackbirds, introduced European starlings, mourning doves and house finches.[3]
It has seven subspecies, but only one of them, the San Lucas robin (T. m. confinis) of Baja California Sur, is particularly distinctive, with light gray upper-parts and a pale beige breast.
The American robin is active mostly during the day and assembles in large flocks at night. Its diet consists of invertebrates (such as beetle grubs, earthworms, and caterpillars), fruits, and berries. It is one of the earliest bird species to lay its eggs, beginning to breed shortly after returning to its summer range from its winter range. The robin's nest consists of long coarse grass, twigs, paper, and feathers, and is smeared with mud and often cushioned with grass or other soft materials. It is among the earliest birds to sing at dawn, and its song consists of several discrete units that are repeated.
The adult robin's main predator is the domestic cat; other predators include hawks and snakes. When feeding in flocks, it can be vigilant, watching other birds for reactions to predators. Brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) lay their eggs in robin nests (see brood parasite), but the robins usually reject the egg.[4]
^BirdLife International (2021). "Turdus migratorius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T103889499A139392811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103889499A139392811.en. Retrieved 22 March 2022.|date= / |doi= mismatch
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McCrum, Robert; Cran, William; MacNeil, Robert (1992). The Story of English. Faber and Faber. p. 123. ISBN 0-571-16443-9.
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"Population Estimates". birdconservancy.org. Avian Conservation Assessment and Population Estimates Databases. Partners in Flight Databases. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021.
^Greenwood, Veronique (29 January 2021). "How an Eight-Sided 'Egg' Ended Up in a Robin's Nest". The New York Times.
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