American Robin Turdus migratorius [Linnaeus, 1766] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Turdidae |
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BTO Codes:
AR, AMERO
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EURING No: 12030 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
migratorius recorded in Britain (of 7 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
25 cm
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Wingspan: 38 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 80 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: turdus=a thrush and L.: migratorius=a wanderer (from migrare=to migrate) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: North America, WINTERS: south to Central America |
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Habitat:
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Woodland, pasture, farmland, towns |
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Diet:
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Invertebrates and fruit |
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TitBit:
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In summer, females sleep on the nests and males congregate in roosts, in winter hundreds of thousands of American Robins can gather in a single roost. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Kent, 1876
(Davis, P.1953. British Birds 46:364-368)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
19
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
October to February
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Dumfries & Galloway
(1966),
Highland
(2006),
Northeast
(1988),
Outer Hebrides
(1975),
Orkney
(1961),
Shetland
(1982),
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North-east England:
West Yorkshire
(2007),
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Lincolnshire
(2004),
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South-east England:
Greater London
(2006),
Surrey
(2006),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2003),
Devon
(1982),
Dorset
(1966),
Isles of Scilly
(2006),
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Wales:
Caernarfonshire
(2003),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Vandredrossel | Dutch: Roodborstlijster |
| Finnish: Punarintarastas | French: Merle migrateur |
| German: Wanderdrossel | Hungarian: Vándorrigó |
| Icelandic: Farţröstur | Irish: Smólach Imirce |
| Italian: Tordo migratore | Norwegian: Vandretrost |
| Polish: Drozd wedrowny | Portuguese: Tordo-americano |
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Spanish:
Robín
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Swedish: Vandringstrast |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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