#1017 · 🐦 birds

American Robin

🇳🇱 Roodborstlijster ·Turdus migratorius

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The American robin ( Turdus migratorius ) is a migratory songbird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family. The American robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering from southern Canada to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 474,343iNaturalist observations
weight 77.3 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
474,343 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 77 g.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).