Specy

American Robin

Birds

The American robin is a large, familiar songbird found across nearly all of North America, among the most widespread and abundant land birds on the continent, recognized by its warm orange-red breast, grey-brown back and yellow bill. It favors open woodland, gardens, parks and lawns, where it forages conspicuously on the ground, running and stopping to cock its head while listening and watching for earthworms, its signature prey, along with insects and, especially outside the breeding season, fruit and berries. Robins are early and persistent singers, often among the first birds heard at dawn, and their appearance in early spring across much of their range has made the species a popular folk symbol of the season arrival, even though many individuals remain through mild winters wherever fruit is available. They build cup-shaped nests of mud and grass, often on human structures as readily as in trees, and typically raise more than one brood in a season. The species remains common and secure across its extensive range.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Omnivore 2

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 3

Relationship to Peoplethe subject's own account

Agricultural or Structural Pest 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

the subject's own accountDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.

Scientific Namethe subject's own account

Turdus migratorius 1

Conservation Statusthe subject's own account

Least Concern 1

Population Estimate

370,000,000 1

the subject's own accountPartners in Flight range/population figure as cited by the Wikipedia Conservation status section; an estimate, not a precise count.

Identification

Distinguishing Appearancethe subject's own account

The adult has a brown back and a reddish-orange breast, varying from a rich red maroon to peachy orange. The bill is mainly yellow with a variably dark tip, the dusky area becoming more extensive in winter, and the legs and feet are brown. 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Turdidae

Source Catalogue of Life

In Biome

Chaparral

Source NatureServe Explorer: Turdus migratorius

Grassland

Source NatureServe Explorer: Turdus migratorius

Riparian Zone

Source NatureServe Explorer: Turdus migratorius

Savanna

Source NatureServe Explorer: Turdus migratorius

Temperate Forest

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Turdus migratorius (Animal Diversity Web)

Wetlands

Source NatureServe Explorer: Turdus migratorius

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