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In bi-parental care, the male provides food and the female is a caretaker. Both ensure the survival of the offspring. The female may care for her young by covering them to keep them warm, shielding them from the sun or from rain and guarding them from predation. The male may also feed the female, who in turn regurgitates the food to the chicks.
Juveniles become capable of sustained flight two weeks after fledging. Chicks become sexually mature at one year of age. Bird banders have found that only 25% of young robins survive their first year. The longest known lifespan of an American robin in the wild is 14 years; the average lifespan is about two years. [16]
Both males and females feed the young, the male sometimes passing food to the female who, in turn, feeds the young. [32] [39] Nestlings may feign dead when handled [32] and may be preyed on by the rufous treepie. [40] The same nest site may be reused in subsequent years. [32] [41]
[30] [39] Females alone develop brood patches and incubate, although both sexes feed the young. [30] The male will keep lookout either on the nest or perched on a nearby branch, rather than brood, while the female is foraging; and both parents will feed young and dart off quickly, if there are predators in the vicinity. [40]
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Black robins will generally start to breed at two years of age. The female robin will make the nest, and while she lays and incubates the eggs, the male will feed the female for a rest. Eggs are laid between early October and late December. A second clutch may be laid if the first is unsuccessful.
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Flame robins fed a higher proportion of flying insects to their young at Nimmitabel than did scarlet robins, which may have been due to their later start to breeding. [27] Both parents participate in removing faecal sacs from the nest. [44] Parents have been observed feeding young up to five weeks after leaving the nest. [17]