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The larger American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a much larger bird named for its similar coloration to the European robin, but the two birds are not closely related, with the American robin instead belonging to the same genus as the common blackbird (T. merula), a species which occupies much of the same range as the European robin. The ...
The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin [3] 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 ...
'robin' (erithacos) [1]) is a genus of passerine bird that contains a single extant species, the European robin (Erithacus rubecula). The Japanese robin and Ryukyu robin were also placed in this genus (as Erithacus akahige and E. komadori), but were moved to the genus Larvivora in 2006. [2]
European robin: Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) 131 Swynnerton's robin: Swynnertonia swynnertoni (Shelley, 1906) 132 White-starred robin: Pogonocichla stellata (Vieillot, 1818) 133 Forest robin: Stiphrornis erythrothorax Hartlaub, 1855: 134 White-bellied robin-chat: Cossyphicula roberti (Alexander, 1903) 135 Mountain robin-chat ...
European Robin vs. American Robin / Mary Poppins [ edit ] The article mentions a robin in the 1964 film Mary Poppins and suggests that it is some sort of oddity, as American robins are rare vagrants to Western Europe.
Subfamily Erithacinae (G.R. Gray, 1846) – African forest robin assemblage [b] Erithacus – single species: European robin; Swynnertonia – single species: Swynnerton's robin; Pogonocichla – single species: white-starred robin; Stiphrornis – single species: forest robin; Cossyphicula – robin-chats; Chamaetylas – (4 species) Cossypha ...
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It's either a robin, or in formal contexts, a European robin. I can see the adjective "English" being applied from time to time in situations where a distinction with the American robin is necessary, but "English" does not form part of the name of the bird. I vote to delete the sentence. SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs) 12:34, 29 May 2008 (UTC)