Fascinating Facts About Robin Birds

Distinctive and charismatic little bird with a bright orangey face and breast (easily hidden when facing away). Juvenile is very different, with bold pale buffy spotting on the back and breast.

The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. [3]

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 and Alaskan wild

Robin, either of two species of thrushes (family Turdidae) distinguished by an orange or dull reddish breast. The American robin (Turdus migratorius), a large North American thrush, is one of the most familiar songbirds in the eastern United States.

The robin might seem cute, but it is actually a highly territorial bird and will aggressively defend its domain against others. These much-loved birds are on the rise as the UK robin population continues to increase.

歐亞鴝 （學名： Erithacus rubecula），又名 知更鳥，是一種小型的 雀形目 鳥類，曾被界定為 鶇亞科，現歸類為 鶲科。 歐洲很常見，由 西伯利亞 至 阿爾及利亞，遠至 大西洋 的 亞速爾群島 和 馬德拉群島，以及東南面的 高加索 山脈，也有其蹤跡。 牠是歐洲常見的 鳴禽，身長12.5–14.0厘米（5.0–5.5英寸），性好戰，因胸前鮮艷的羽毛最初被稱作 redbreast （紅色胸脯）。 15世紀歐洲時興以人名稱呼常見動物，時人稱它為 Robin redbrea