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Female Robin Portrait Photograph by Mary Ann Artz Fine Art America

Browse Species in This Family The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter.


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The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter. Though they're familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests.


You've Likely Hosted More Nesting Robins Than You Think Audubon

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.


Female American Robin Photograph by James BO Insogna

Male robins are especially known for dive-bombing people and predators within ten feet of a nest. Photos of American Robin male, female and juvenile. Source: This information is based on direct observations by Tim Knight of three nest sites in Seattle, Washington. Behavior and nesting activity can vary with location.


American Robin Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Female/immature birds are paler than males with more white on the belly and throat. © Mike Cameron | Macaulay Library Texas, November 25, 2020 Adult Runs on the ground with short rapid steps, pausing frequently to scan for prey and/or predators. Uses its bill to probe the ground and pull out earthworms.


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Males and females have the same colouring. Image courtesy of pxhere (CC0). Robin fast facts Alternative common name: European robin Scientific name: Erithacus rubecula Length: 14cm Wingspan: 20-22cm Weight: 14-21g Average lifespan: 2 years UK population: 6,700,000 territories UK conservation status: green list, protected


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Nest: Female does most of nest building with some help from male. Site on horizontal branch of tree or shrub, usually 5-25' above ground, rarely on ground or up to 70' high; also nests on ledges of houses, barns, bridges. Nest is a cup of grasses, twigs, debris, worked into solid foundation of mud, lined with fine grasses and plant fibers.


Who, what, why How aggressive are robins? BBC News

Male and female robins look virtually identical. Juvenile robins are brown with lighter brown mottling. The underparts are paler with beige and brown speckles. They do not have the orange breast until after the first moult at approximately two months. Seen a bird and not sure what it is? Try our interactive bird identifier start here


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Males have rust-colored feathers on their chest, a yellow bill, a black head, and white outlines around their eyes. They also have gray wings and backs. Female robins look similar to males, but their colors are much duller and sometimes blend together, making identification difficult.


"Two European Red Robins On A Branch" by Stocksy Contributor "Marcel

1 Study the robin's plumage. The breast on male robins is a rusty red, deeper than that of their female counterparts. The female breast will be lighter in color, trending towards reddish-orange. [1] Wing and tail feathers will also be different.


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Try Merlin Bird ID Species in This Family Thrushes and Allies (Order: Passeriformes, Family: Turdidae) Eastern Bluebird Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Veery Bicknell's Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray-cheeked Thrush American Robin Eurasian Blackbird Browse Species in This Family


American Robin Female Photograph by Charles Green

The American robin ( Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird that belongs to the thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related.


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The European robin ( Erithacus rubecula ), 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. [3]


Do Robins Mate For Life? (In the UK) Birdfact

Males and females look identical, young birds have no red breast and are spotted with golden brown. Robins sing nearly all year round and despite their cute appearance, they are aggressively territorial and are quick to drive away intruders. They will sing at night next to street lights. Call Robin Francesco Barberini / xeno-canto Key Resident


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August 5, 2021 As Britain's national bird, the Robin is a much-loved part of our garden wildlife here in the UK. That's why when you spot a Robin in your garden, it can leave you wondering if it's a male or female. If you do spot two Robins together in your garden, it's likely to be a male and female.


Male and Female Robins How to tell the difference? Birdfact

Male robins are more territorial and aggressive, especially outside the breeding season. Subtle Physical Differences: There are subtle differences, like males generally being slightly larger and having a 'U' shaped head peak compared to the 'V' shaped peak in females, but these are not always reliable indicators.