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Robins
With three different types of birds sharing the common name 'robin' and none of them being closely related to one another, this songbird can be a little tough to sort out. North American Robins, which belong to the thrush family and were named Robins for their resemblance to the European Robin, are native to parts of Canada and most of the contiguous United States. Known for being a sign of spring, these birds are a welcome sight to many in North America. The European Robin (also called the 'true robin'), which is part of the flycatcher family, is found all across Europe and even into Western Siberia and Northern Africa. European Robins are associated with the Christmas holiday but can also be found in British and French folklore. And last but certainly not least, there are the Australasian Robins. These little birds belong to the genus Petroicidae and can be found in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and on many Pacific islands.
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About the only reasonably common alternative name in English is red-breast.
There are many completely different bird species that are called robins.
The original species to be given the name is the European Robin, which has the Latin name Erithacus rubecula
In North America, there is a kind of thrush called the American Robin. Its Latin name is Turdus migratorius.
Several species in the taxonomic family Petroicidae are called robins. They are native to Australia and New Zealand.
The Red-billed Leiothrix, Latin name Leiothrix lutea, is known as the Pekin Robin in the UK, elsewhere it is known as the Japanese nightinglae, Chinese Robin, or Japanese Hill Robin.
There are many other species throughout Africa and Asia that are called "robin".
All over the world, wherever European man has travelled, he has looked for a friendly small bird that spends lots of time of the ground, even better if it had red/orange on its chest - anything that reminded him of the garden (European) robin. In Japan there is even a bird that is virtually identical to the European robin unless it is examined closely - but it is not particularly closely related - the Japanese robin is luscinia akahige (a very close relative of the nightingale).
There is also the common name of the Robin Redbreast.
Can you hatch robin's eggs under a hen?
yes you can hatch a robins egg under a hen because i tried it once and it worked but the hen and the robin don't get along very well
Not only do robins eat grape jelly, but they chase away orioles who are also trying to enjoy the jelly! The robins usurp our jelly feeder every spring/summer; it's very frustrating. We tried various methods, including putting different jelly containers around the yard, but somehow the robins always manage to patrol all the containers.
If anyone out there has found a way to solve this problem, please comment.
Thank you.
Can a robin live without its tail?
Sometimes the tail grows back and sometimes it doesn't, it depends how the tail got off. If the robin was ill and the illness affected the tail then the tail would grow back but if the robin got hurt or ran over and the tail swung off then the tail would not grow back.
Yes. The number of eggs is typical for a species, and can be found in books about bird species. It is usually a range, such as four to six, or one to three, and indicates both the experience of the parents and their food supply up to that time. Each egg requires a speparate act of mating, and there is usually one egg for a particular day; but there is no other general connection between mating, or even mates, and egg number.
Can you move the nest after the robins have left?
Maybe you could ask the loacal primary school, if they would like it for their young students to study.
How do I hatch the warm little robin egg I found?
If possible, leave it where it is. The momma bird will likely come back and rescue it.
1. Check for any cracks. Leave it for ants if there is one.
2. Take it home gently.
3. Prepare a nest for it. Line a small bowl with soft material, then place it in an old
tissue box, and in a quiet place where you won't forget and neglect it.
4. After a few days, take it to a dark room and shine a flashlight up close to it.
If you see any veins, it's PROBABLY alive.
*Everything now on is only book knowledge*
5. Once hatched, feed it moist beef dog or cat food with a coffee stirrer.
6. Don't be surprised if it falls asleep once away. Hatching can be tiring.
7.When it begins to hop and stretch its wings, give it an area to branch, or hop
and glide from branch to branch.
8.When it's an adult, with full or nearly full colored plumage, release it outside
and hope it survives.
Your other option is to take it directly to a rehab center. It's illegal to own most
birds besides European Starlings, House Finch, and Rock Pigeons. If you buy a license to own birds, you are allowed to rescue them often, but it might be specialized. A rescue IS allowed, but still... The rehab also may put it down, robins aren't threatened species.
Oh, and DON'T feed your robin chick chocolate, garlic, or anything else that might not be natural. Don't give it bread or milk, because birds are naturally lactose intolerant, and bread has no supplements and may cause blockage in their intestines.
Anyway, I hope this helps. Sorry it's so long and kind of vague, I'm only a kid and I am only halfway through raising an egg.
What are the eating habits of the North American Robin bird?
An American Robin's diet mainly consists of worms and berries.
I used to own an American Robin, she would eat cat food (the moist kind that comes in a can), blue berries, straw berries and seeds. She did not like raspberries or pears, we tried giving her different varieties of food, but she stuck with the cat food, blue berries, strawberries and seeds. We gave her around 3-5 worms a day as well.
Robins are omnivores. They like raspberries, blackberries, worms, insects, etc.
How does a robin use its wings to fly?
their redbreast attract female birds who make themwant to fly more
The (European) Robin, Erithacus rubecula, eats mosty spiders, worms and any insects it can find. In winter it may change its diet as less invertebrates are available.
The American Robin, Turdus migratorius, is not closely ralated to the European Robin. Its diet generally consists of around 40 percent invertebrates, such as beetle larvae, caterpillars and grasshoppers, and 60 percent wild and cultivated fruits and berries.
they live in the woods or in warm places thats why they migrate but some live in jungles, random trees, or in lawns in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconson, Michigan, and, Ohio
How long does it take for a baby bird to leave it's nest?
It takes the baby bird 13-15 days of hatching to leave the nest and go out on it's own. Robins made a nest in some fake flowers I had on the back porch. It was amazing! I think it took them as long to build the nest as it did for the eggs to hatch and the babies fly away. Once the eggs hatched within three days we started seeing there heads poke from the nest. In two weeks actually from the day they were born the nest was empty.
Newborn baby robins are almost pathetic-looking: they look scrawny, with only a little down covering their bodies and no wing or tail feathers to speak of. They are more of a mottled brown-and-grey, and don't start developing that red chest of theirs until they're a few weeks of age, after they leave the nest, and after they attempt to take their first attempts at flight. At first, after hatching, they look like their all beak and no feathers. They do fill out as they get older, with their mother and father bringing them worms and insects for them to fill up on.
How do you know if a duck egg is alive?
All you do is make sure it is not Stinky and if it is then it is dead and if it is a soft shell,it is also dead. If you feel the egg and it is really hard and hollow it is alive.To also make sure the egg is alive,you take like a long plastic cup or something and poor alot of COLD water in it and drop the egg carefully in the cup and if the egg sinks to the bottom of the cup,it is not rotton and it can also be alive,and if it floats to the top,it is dead and rotton:(
The American Robin's eggs are incubated soley by the female and while the chicks are still young the mother broods them continuously. When they're older the mother only broods them at night or during bad weather. Once they're fledglings the adult male and female are both active in protecting and feeding them until they learn to forage on their own.
Yes. Put it in an icubator and if you don't have one make one out of a heat lamp and some damp towels. The temperature should be around 98 degrees. You need to have gotten the eggs withen a couple of hours from when she left them or they'll be too cold and won't make it. Hope this helped :)
the robins often feed on worms pecking at the dirt. They live in topsoil
Can robins eat any kind of seeds?
Robins don't eat seeds, they eat worms. They also eat mealworms, pill bugs, crickets, spiders and other small insects, and small chopped up fruit like strawberries, blueberries, and grapes. they also like grated cheese.
Where do we usually see the robin?
In the United Kingdom, robins can be seen all year in gardens and hedgerows.
