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American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Description:

The American Robin or North American Robin[2] (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin[3] because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the flycatcher family. The American Robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering south of Canada from Florida to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin.[4] It has seven subspecies, but only T. m. confinis in the southwest is particularly distinctive, with pale gray-brown underparts. (Wikipedia)

Habitat:

Primarily shrub-steppe with some riparian features

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7 Comments

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

lovely!

Seema
Seema 11 years ago

great finding..i had seen flocks of cedar waxwings

AdamBT
AdamBT 11 years ago

Brilliant!

birdlady6000
birdlady6000 11 years ago

A Bird Tree! Lovely to celebrate the successful species too, especially when they are not introduced:)

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

beautiful..

SheaEckert
SheaEckert 11 years ago

Fantastic!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

What a lovely picture.

Steve Lenz
Spotted by
Steve Lenz

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Mar 10, 2012
Submitted on Sep 27, 2012

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