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Robin
Robin
may refer to:
Birds
European robin
(
Erithacus rubecula
)
Many members of the subfamily
Saxicolinae
(Old World chats), to which the robin belongs, including the two other members of the genus
Erithacus
, the
bush-robins
,
white-throated robin
,
forest robin
,
Indian robin
, and the
magpie-robins
Some red-breasted New-World
true thrushes
(
Turdus
) of the family Turdidae, including:
American robin
(
T. migratorius
) (so named by 1703)
Rufous-collared robin
(
T. rufitorques
)
Rufous-backed robin
(
T. rufopalliatus
)
Formerly other American thrushes, such as the
clay-colored thrush
(
T. grayi
)
Other "robins" are unrelated red-breasted songbirds:
Australasian robins, of the family
Petroicidae
Pekin robin or Japanese (hill) robin, archaic names for the
red-billed leiothrix
(
Leiothrix lutea
)
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