Robin - Birds

Birds

  • European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
    • Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats) to which the robin belongs, including the two other members of the genus Erithacus, the bush-robins, white-throated robin, forest robins, Indian robin, and the magpie-robins
  • Some red-breasted New-World true thrushes (Turdus) of the family Turdidae, including:
    • American Robin (T. migratorius) (so named by 1703) - the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin
    • Rufous-collared Robin (T. rufitorques)
    • Rufous-backed Robin (T. rufopalliatus)
    • Formerly other American thrushes, such as the Clay-colored Thrush (T. grayi)

Other "robins" are unrelated red-breasted songbirds:

  • Australasian robins, of the family Petroicidae
  • Pekin Robin or Japanese Hill Robin, archaic names for the Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)

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