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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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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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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.
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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.
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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
Female American Robin Photograph by James BO Insogna
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.
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Updated September 30, 2021 By Marina Somma Reviewed by: Sylvie Tremblay, M.Sc. Molecular Biology and Genetics When you peek out your window to spy on a robin yanking a worm out of the soil in your yard, you might wonder if you're looking at a male robin or a female robin.
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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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Today, the American Robin exists in the form of seven subspecies, subtly differentiated by their body size and plumage, with the exception of one subspecies in southern Baja California, which sports pale gray-brown underparts in lieu of rusty tones. 3.) Though known for being worm eaters, robins have varied diets.
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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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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.
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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
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Female American robins are very similar to the male, but are browner overall and the underparts are not as bright. Despite this, there is some overlap between the sexes, so it is not always possible to tell them apart. Find out how you can tell the difference between male and female robins.
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Male robins have a more vibrant coloration than female robins. As indicated by his eye-ring, vibrant beak color, black-colored head, and white-collar decorations. Compared to the male's darker, more vibrant feathers, the female robin will appear dull or faded. Male robins, according to many, can be differentiated from female robins by their.
Male and Female Robin on Nest Photograph by Marty Saccone Fine Art
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.
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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.
