Thrushes (Turdidae)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) - HBW 10, p. 660
French: Merle d’Amérique
German: Wanderdrossel
Spanish: Zorzal Robín
Other common names: San Lucas Robin (confinis)
Taxonomy: Turdus () migratorius Linnaeus, 1766, “in America septentrionali” = North America.
Has in the past been thought to form a superspecies with T. rufitorques on account of behavioural and vocal similarities, but plumages rather different. Highly distinctive race confinis has been treated as a separate species. Geographical variation in rest of range rather clinal. Proposed race aleucus (from Texas) considered indistinguishable from propinquus. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 - Alaska (except SE) and Canada (except SW & E) S to C & NE USA (SW Kansas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey); non-breeding E USA and E Mexico.
- caurinus (Grinnell, 1909) - SE Alaska and coastal W Canada; non-breeding S to SW USA (to CW California).
- propinquus Ridgway, 1877 - SW Canada (SE British Columbia E to SW Saskatchewan) and W USA (Montana to California) S to C Mexico (S to Jalisco, Oaxaca and Veracruz); non-breeding S to Guatemala.
- migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 - Alaska (except SE) and Canada (except SW & E) S to C & NE USA (SW Kansas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey); non-breeding E USA and E Mexico.
- caurinus (Grinnell, 1909) - SE Alaska and coastal W Canada; non-breeding S to SW USA (to CW California).
- propinquus Ridgway, 1877 - SW Canada (SE British Columbia E to SW Saskatchewan) and W USA (Montana to California) S to C Mexico (S to Jalisco, Oaxaca and Veracruz); non-breeding S to Guatemala.
- nigrideus Aldrich & Nutt, 1939 - E Canada (Labrador, Newfoundland); non-breeding E USA.
- achrusterus (Batchelder, 1900) - SE USA (Oklahoma E to Virginia, S to Texas and Florida); non-breeding S to SE Mexico.
- confinis S. F. Baird, 1864 - W Mexico (Sierra Victoria, in S Baja California).
- phillipsi Bangs, 1915 - highlands of SW Mexico (Jalisco, Guanajuato, S Hidalgo S to S Oaxaca).
- Least Concern
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Female feeding her one nestling. Rosemary, Alberta, Canada
Conan Guard 29 June 2010 9 weeks ago 33 sec 4.8 -
Female compacting and shaping the nest cup. Some twig maintanence as well. New York, USA
Conan Guard 15 April 2010 11 weeks ago 44 sec 4.8 -
An adult perched, looking around, and regurgitating a berry pit Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp propinquus)
Don DesJardin 29 February 2008 2 years ago 28 sec 4.6 -
A male foraging on a lawn Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (ssp nigrideus)
Robert Schaefer 22 March 2002 2 years ago 10 sec 4.6 -
A close shot of a female drinking and a male arriving Mount Airy, Maryland, USA (ssp nigrideus)
Robert Schaefer 22 March 2002 2 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
A front view of a male perched Ventura County, California, USA (ssp propinquus)
Don DesJardin 31 May 2007 2 years ago 17 sec 4.6
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Female - standing on the ground, looking for food! Saskatchewan, Canada
Blair Wainman 31 March 2010 17 weeks ago 4.3 -
Robins were flocking to a local stream after a long snow storm. Massachusetts, USA
Lstilphen 32 weeks ago 4 -
taking a bath Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA
Juan Carlos Marín 13 June 2007 1 year ago 4 -
American Robin profile. Santa Clara County, California, USA
Ragoorao 1 May 2010 8 weeks ago 3.6 -
After a three day snow storm Massachusetts, USA
Lstilphen 32 weeks ago 3.5 -
Close-up of adult male. Rosemary, Alberta, Canada
Conan Guard 23 May 2010 13 weeks ago 3.4
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A bird giving alarm calls Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
(ssp achrusterus)
Stuart Fisher 1 June 2010 7 weeks ago 4 -
Song of a male Atlanta, Georgia, USA
(ssp achrusterus)
Stuart Fisher 3 June 2009 44 weeks ago 3.7 -
Mild alarm calls of a bird taking flight Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
(ssp achrusterus)
Stuart Fisher 4 June 2009 37 weeks ago 3
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