American Robin
(Turdus migratorius)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5 - Secure Breeding SNRB, SNRN - Unranked Breeding and Nonbreeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Size |
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9″ to 11″in length 17″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Residential lawns and gardens, urban parks, pastures, fragmented forests |
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Ecology |
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Abundant |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Passeriformes (perching birds) | ||
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Turdidae (thrushes) | ||
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Turdus (robins) | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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Eastern Robin (Turdus migratorius migratorius) Mexican Robin (Turdus migratorius phillipsi) Newfoundland Robin (Turdus migratorius nigrideus) Northwestern Robin (Turdus migratorius caurinus) San Lucas Robin (Turdus migratorius confinis) Southern Robin (Turdus migratorius achrusterus) Western Robin (Turdus migratorius propinquus) |
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American Robin chick hatched out in one of my old sheds |
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Slideshows |
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| American Robin JMC Nature Photos |
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| American Robins crossarthur76 |
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| Robins jt893x |
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| American Robin Joshua Mayer |
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| Robin Craig A. Mullenbach |
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Other Videos |
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| American Robin (Muscicapidae: Turdus migratorius) Male Singing Carl Barrentine |
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About
Uploaded on Apr 10, 2010 Sweet singing robin, Spring's eventide melody, not cacophony. Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (10 April 2010). |
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| The-American-Robin-Turdus migratorius.mpg pwalpar |
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Uploaded on Feb 17, 2010 Video of American Robins running around my back yard, as they do most evenings, looking for dinner. |
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| Male American Robin early Spring bhd812 |
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Published on Mar 31, 2013 3/30/13 |
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| American Robin (Muscicapidae: Turdus migratorius) Juvenile Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jul 1, 2009 Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (01 July 2009). "A bird came down the walk: / He did not know I saw; / He bit an angle-worm in halves / And ate the fellow, raw." --Emily Dickinson |
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| American Robin in Somerset, MA - March 1, 2012 Don Gagnon |
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Published on Mar 29, 2012 American Robin (Turdus migratorius), Somerset, Massachusetts, Monday morning, March 1, 2012, 7:47 PM - Canon PowerShot SX130 IS MVI_45945; 46 sec. |
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