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The story of how the robin got its red breast by fanning the dying flames of a campfire to save a Native American man and a boy is similar to those that surround the European robin. [49] The Tlingit people of northwestern North America held it to be a culture hero created by Raven to please the people with its song. [50]
Robin redbreast may refer to: American robin, Turdus migratories, in the Turdidae (true thrush) family; Flame robin, Petroica phoenicea; Red-capped robin, Petroica goodenovii; Scarlet robin, Petroica multicolor; European robin, Erithacus rubecula, a small passerine bird in the Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers) family
American redstart; American robin; American three-toed woodpecker; American tree sparrow; American white ibis; American white pelican; American wigeon; American woodcock;
The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the chat subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family. [3] It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in most of its range except ...
American robin (T. migratorius) (so named by 1703) Rufous-backed thrush (T. rufopalliatus) Rufous-collared thrush (T. rufitorques) Formerly other American thrushes, such as the clay-colored thrush (T. grayi) Pekin robin or Japanese (hill) robin, archaic names for the red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea), red-breasted songbirds
Measuring 10.5–12.5 cm (4.1–4.9 in) in length, the robin has a small, thin, black bill, and dark brown eyes and legs. The male has a distinctive red cap and red breast, black upperparts, and a black tail with white tips. The underparts and shoulders are white. The female is an undistinguished grey-brown.
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The American robin was named after the European one, the only similarity being the red breast. (Ref Robert McCrum, William Cran and Robert MacNeil 1992 The Story of English 123 Faber and Faber ISBN 0 571 16443 9 )