American Robin

Turdus migratoriusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Thrushes (Turdidae)

American Robin Female - American Robin Female is marked the same as the male but duller overall.

American Robin Juvenile - The Juvenile American Robin’s underparts are tinged with cinnamon and heavily spotted with brown.

American Robin - The adult American Robin has gray-brown upperparts, a rich red-brown breast and a white lower belly. The head is dark gray-brown with white splotches around the eye and a dark brown streaked throat.

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American Robin

American Robin: Large, familiar North American thrush, gray-brown upperparts, rich red-brown breast, and white lower belly and undertail coverts. Head appears black with white splotches surrounding the eyes, and throat is white with black streaks. Swift, direct flight on rapidly beating wings.

● Song: "cheerily cheer-up cheerio"

● Foraging & Feeding: American Robin: Feeds on wild and cultivated fruits, berries, earthworms, and insects such as beetle grubs, caterpillars, and grasshoppers; appears to "listen” to the ground by cocking its head when stalking earthworms.

● Breeding & nesting: American Robin: Three to seven pale blue eggs, sometimes flecked with brown, are laid in a well-made cup of mud reinforced with grass and twigs, lined with softer grass, and built in a tree or on a ledge. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female. Robins usually have two broods per season.

● Similar species: American Robin: Rufous-backed Robin has rufous back and black-tipped yellow bill. Varied Thrush has dark band across breast and orange wing bars.

Flight Pattern

Swift strong direct flight.

● Range & Habitat: American Robin: Breeds from Alaska east to Newfoundland and south to California, Texas, Arkansas, and South Carolina. Usually spends winters north to British Columbia and Newfoundland. Preferred habitats include towns, gardens, open woodlands, and agricultural lands.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationWidespread, Abundant

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight2.7 Ounces

Field Guide to Birds of North America

American Robin

American Robin

Flight Pattern