American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Robins are fairly common year-round residents on Ruxton. 2
The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European robin 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 widely distributed throughout North America, wintering from southern Canada to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. According...
Original iNaturalist records - photos from the island 3
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6898451
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- (c) Eric Heupel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/34894709@N00/101735605
- Adapted by John D Reynolds from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turdus_migratorius
- (c) John D Reynolds, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
