American Robin

American Robin Spring isn't the same without the American robin. With its impressive worm-hunting skills and entertaining nesting habits, it's definitely one of America's favorite backyard birds.

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American Robin Turdus migratorius Robins are often seen in spring and summer hopping along front lawns in search of earthworms. In fall and winter they turn to fruits and berries for their meals.

American Robin, Deschutes National Forest, Near Fort Rock, Oregon Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. American Robin, Deschutes National Forest, Near Fort Rock, Oregon ...

American Robins are fairly large songbirds with a large, round body, long legs, and fairly long tail. Robins are the largest North American thrushes, and their profile offers a good chance to learn the basic shape of most thrushes.

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The American Robin (Turdus migratorius) nests across almost all of the United States and Canada. The species withdraws from Canada and much of the northern U.S. during the winter.

Diet The American robin eats a wide-variety of foods including fruits and berries, worms, grubs and caterpillars. In winter, its diet is made up largely of berries. it is often seen on lawns in the morning looking for earthworms.

Despite its name, the American Robin is more closely related to thrushes than to European Robins; the bird was named by early English settlers for the resemblance of its colouration to the European Robin they left behind.

01/19/98 NAME - American Robin FAMILY - Muscicapidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Turdus migratorius REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference PIF-2 Pri. 8, most winter n.

American Robin Turdus migratorius Linnaeus Status Common in summer, uncommon in winter. Breeds. Spring arrivals first appear in late March (average 22 March, earliest 13 March, apart from an evidently newly appearing flock in Halifax on 6 March 1980).

AMERICAN ROBIN OR MIGRATORY THRUSH. [American Robin.] (State Bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin) TURDUS MIGRATORIUS, Linn. [Turdus migratorius.] ...

The American Robin is 23-28 cm (10-11 in) long, averaging about 77 g (2.7 oz), with a wingspan ranging from 119 to 137 millimeters. In the wild, the longest known lifespan of an American Robin is 14 years, but the average lifespan is about 2 years.

The American Robin is the largest, most abundant, and most widespread North American thrush.

The typical habitat of the American Robin is in towns, on lawns, in farmland, open forest and streamsides; in winter they frequent fruit-bearing trees.

American Robin Turdus migratorius. Breeder. Common in all seasons in Tennessee Valley and Mountain regions. In Inland Coastal Plain region, common in winter, spring, and fall, and uncommon in summer.

American Robin The American Robin is a widespread songbird with a red-orange chest. American Tree Sparrow The American Tree Sparrow is a long-tailed songbird with a red crown.

American Robin Winter Sighting Information: uncommon Nest on or near Refuge? yes Sanderling Winter Sighting Information: common Nest on or near Refuge? no ...

3. American Robins 4. Adult Black-crowned Night-heron, windblown 5. Hooded Oriole, female ...

The American Robin is about 10 in long, the largest of the thrushes. The male is olive-gray; the top and sides of the head are black, the chin and throat are white with black streaks. The female is similar but with a paler, duller breast.

The American Robin inhabits a wide variety of natural and human-modified areas, including forest edges, parks, and suburban towns. The Robin has a conspicuous style of foraging.

The larger American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is named for its similarity to the European Robin, but the two birds are not closely related. The similarity lies largely in the orange chest patch in both species.

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Among these are the American robin, Turdus migratorius, largest of the thrushes, and the Eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis, bright blue with a red breast.

Bluebirds are a member of the Thrush family related to the American Robin. Three bluebirds make their home in North America: The Eastern Bluebird, The Western Bluebird and the Mountain Bluebird.

" The species has not been reported to pull earthworms from the soil as American Robins (Turdus migratorius) do. Instead this insectivore gleans its diet (insects and their larvae as well as spiders) from foliage.

At just under 10 inches in length, it is slightly smaller than an American Robin. Adults have a 15-inch wingspan and weigh only six ounces.

Distinguishing Features - Slightly larger than the American Robin, 28 - 32 cm long. Colouration: olive-brown upperparts and plain, whitish underparts; tail, tipped in white; bill, black, downcurved; reddish eye ring. Habitat ...

Spring peepers are to the amphibian world what American robins are to the bird world. As their name implies, they begin emitting their familiar sleigh-bell-like chorus right around the beginning of spring.

The term Robin is also applied to some unrelated birds with red breasts. These include the American Robin (Turdus migratorius), which is a thrush, and the Australian red robins of the genus Petroica, which are more closely related to crows.

The strange looking bird in the film "Mary Poppins" which is called a Robin is a model of an American Robin Turdus migratorius, a species never seen on the rooftops of London except in Hollywood's imagination. Previous Page Next Page ...

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The bright-red fruits are eaten by a great variety of birds when they ripen in the fall. Scarlet Tanagers, Cedar Waxwings, American Robins, and Eastern Bluebirds are especially fond of the fruits.

Occurs in a number of areas on campus, usually in more heavily vegetated areas than those used by the similar American Robin, although it is often found in flocks of robins. A few can be found near the Mausoleum in winter.

The bird is a little smaller than an American Robin, with black feathers, legs, beak, and eyes. The only other colour is a brilliant red patch on the shoulder, often bordered on its lower edge by a band of yellow.

San Lucas Robin - The San Lucas Robin, like the Baird's Junco, is endemic to the southern mountains of Baja California Sur. It has a much lighter, buff colored, chest than its close relative, the American Robin.

in Panama is Clay-colored Robin, which is common as dirt and, well, looks like dirt, too (hence the name). The dawn chorus of Clay-colored Robins in Panama City made us feel right at home, since their song is similar to that of the American Robin.

See also: Robin, Bluebird, Sparrow, Flycatcher, Warbler