Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Roodborstlijster
Common Names in English:
American Robin, Black-Backed Robin, Canada Robin, Cape Robin, Carolinian Robin, Common Robin, Migratory Thrush, Northern Robin, Northwestern Robin, Red-Breasted Thrush, Redbreast, Robin, Robin Redbreast, Rocky Mountain Robin, San Lucas Robin, Southern Robin, Western Robin
Common Names in French:
Merle Américain / Merle Migrateur, Merle D'amèrique, Merle D'amérique
Common Names in German:
Wanderdrossel
Common Names in Italian:
Merlo Americano
Common Names in Japanese:
コマツグミ
Common Names in Spanish:
Mirlo Americano, Mirlo Primavera, RobÌn Americano
Description
Family Muscicapidae
A large Family of small passerine insectivores with weak songs and harsh calls . Nests are often cups in trees and hedges .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 678 meters (0 to 2,224 feet).Mean = 233.310 meters (765.453 feet), Standard Deviation = 105.070 based on 656 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
()
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Muscicapoidea
()
- Family:
Muscicapidae
()
- Old World Flycatchers
- Family:
Muscicapidae
(
- Superfamily:
Muscicapoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Turdus
There are approximately 345 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
T. abyssinicus (Northern Olive Thrush) · T. abyssinicus abyssinicus (Northern Olive Thrush) · T. abyssinicus bambusicola · T. abyssinicus roehli · T. albiceps · T. albicollis (White-Necked Thrush) · T. albicollis albicollis (White-Necked Thrush) · T. albicollis contemptus · T. albicollis crotopezus · T. albicollis daguae · T. albicollis oblitus · T. albicollis paraguayensis · T. albicollis phaeopygoides · T. albicollis phaeopygus · T. albicollis spodiolaemus · T. albipectus · T. albiventer-foem · T. albiventer-masc · T. albiventris · T. albocinctus (White-Collared Blackbird) · T. amaurochalinus (Creamy-Bellied Thrush) · T. analis · T. ardosiacea · T. arundinaceus · T. assimilis (White-Throated Thrush) · T. assimilis assimilis (White-Throated Thrush) · T. assimilis atrotinctus · T. assimilis cnephosus · T. assimilis daguae · T. assimilis leucauchen · T. assimilis lygrus · T. assimilis or · T. assimilis renominatus · T. assimilis rubicundus · T. atrogularis · T. aurantiirostris · T. aurantius (White-Chinned Thrush) · T. badius · T. baraka · T. bewsheri (Comoros Thrush) · T. bewsheri bewsheri (Comoros Thrush) · T. bewsheri comorensis · T. bewsheri moheliensis · T. bimaculatus · T. bocagei · T. boulboul (Grey-Winged Blackbird) · T. brachypterus · T. carbonarius · T. cardis (Japanese Grey Thrush) · T. cardis cardis (Japanese Grey Thrush) · T. castaneus · T. caudatus · T. celaenops (Seven Islands Thrush) · T. centralis · T. chalybeus · T. chiguanco (Chiguanco Thrush) · T. chiguancoides · T. chiguanco anthracinus · T. chiguanco chiguanco (Chiguanco Thrush) · T. chiguanco conradi · T. chrysolaus (Brown-Headed Thrush) · T. chrysolaus chrysolaus (Brown-Headed Thrush) · T. chrysolaus orii · T. cochinchinensis · T. confinis · T. crossleyi · T. cyaneus · T. dauma · T. dauma aureus · T. dispar · T. dissimilis (Black-Breasted Thrush) · T. dissimilis hortulorum · T. dubius · T. ericetorum · T. erythropterus · T. eunomus · T. falcklandii (Austral Thrush) · T. falcklandii falcklandii (Austral Thrush) · T. falcklandii magellanicus · T. falklandii · T. falklandii magellanicus · T. feae (Grey-Sided Thrush) · T. figulus · T. fischeri · T. fischeri belcheri · T. fischeri maxis · T. flavipes · T. flavirostris · T. fulviventris (Chestnut-Bellied Thrush) · T. fumigatus (Cocoa Thrush) · T. fumigatus aquilonalis · T. fumigatus bondi · T. fumigatus fumigatus (Cocoa Thrush) · T. fumigatus personus · T. fuscater (Great Thrush) · T. fuscater cacozela · T. fuscater cacozelus · T. fuscater fuscater (Great Thrush) · T. fuscater gigantodes · T. fuscater gigas
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Further Reading
- A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. ENG url p. 77.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 348, p. 99.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 411.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1934. ENG url p. 352.
- Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] ENG url p. 100, p. 126, p. 155, p. 160, p. 162, p. 184, p. 186, p. 251, p. 327, p. 328, p. 37, p. 554, p. 71, p. 75.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. ENG url p. 255.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. ENG url p. 35, p. 89.
- Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Cambridge, Mass.: The Club, 1886- ENG url p. 105.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 105.
- Ornithological notes from Point Barrow, Alaska, by Louis B. Bishop. [Chicago, 1944] ENG url p. 188.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. ENG url p. 50.
- Protozoology, by Richard Roksabro Kudo... with two hundred and ninety-one illustrations. Springfield, Ill., Thomas[c1939] ENG url p. 688.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475177
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179760
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13888175
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179760
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 407322
