Species guide
American robin
HarmlessTurdus migratorius
How to recognise it
A gray-brown back with a warm brick-orange breast, a dark head with white crescents around the eye, and a yellow bill. Often seen hopping and pausing on lawns.
Is it dangerous?
A harmless, familiar backyard bird.
Commonly confused with
- European robin — a smaller, unrelated bird with an orange face, not a streaky thrush
Recorded 29,393,387 times in the wild worldwide.
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