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[37] [38] 28 raptorial bird species hunt American robins. [39] [40] Adult robins are most vulnerable while breeding activities, whereas feeding flocks are vigilant for predators. [16] The American robin rejects cowbird eggs, so brood parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird is rare, and the parasite's chick does not often survive to fledging. [41]
Predators include other snakes, thrushes, American robins, barn owls, and opossums. [9] Occasionally, road traffic kills C. amoenus amoenus, and flooding of the lowlands and other natural disasters have been known to affect the population. [18] Some die as a result of human habitat destruction and insecticide poisoning.
While animals performing distraction displays are rarely documented as being killed, risks to the displaying animal do exist. [33] One researcher observed and documented an instance in which a second predator became attracted to an animal already performing a distraction display. The displaying animal was killed by the second predator. [33]
The list includes Canada geese, American robins, turkey vultures, mallard ducks, American woodcock and trumpeter swans. The winter of 2023-24 brought us record warmth, very little snowfall and ...
For American robins, however, the female tends to stay with the eggs until they hatch. At that point, they share feeding and protection duties. At that point, they share feeding and protection duties.
The vernacular names given for the subspecies ("eastern robin", "Newfoundland robin", etc.) are unverified; they are not used in the reference cited for the subspecies (Clement & Hathway, Thrushes), and should probably be deleted, unless other references can be found (which I doubt; weakly defined subspecies like these rarely get vernacular names).
Two starlings and an American robin (right) on grape arbor: The American robin is plucking a grape. Robins and starlings cause serious damage to ripening grapes in California and elsewhere. The diets of the starlings are usually dominated by fruits and insects.