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American Robin Turdus migratorius [Linnaeus, 1766]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Turdidae
BTO Codes:
AR, AMERO
EURING No:
12030
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Not Assessed
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
migratorius recorded in Britain (of 7 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
25 cm
Wingspan:
38 cm
Weight:
M/F: 80 g
Scientific name from:
L.: turdus =a thrush
and L.: migratorius =a wanderer (from migrare =to migrate)
World Distribution:
BREEDS: North America, WINTERS: south to Central America
Habitat:
Woodland, pasture, farmland, towns
Diet:
Invertebrates and fruit
TitBit:
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.
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Lundy, 1952
(Davis, P.1953. British Birds 46:364-368)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
19
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
October to February
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Dumfries & Galloway
(1966),
Highland
(2006),
Northeast
(1988),
Outer Hebrides
(1975),
Orkney
(1961),
Shetland
(1982),
North-east England:
North-west England:
English Midlands:
Eastern England:
South-east England:
Greater London
(2006),
South-west England:
Cornwall
(2003),
Devon
(1982),
Wales:
Caernarfonshire
(2003),
BirdGuides and BBRC
Other Names
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
Spanish:
Robín
Swedish:
Vandringstrast
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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