Robin

Robin may refer to:

• Robin (name), a common given name and a surname.

It may also refer to:

Birds

Most birds called "robins" belong to the superfamily Muscicapoidea:

• European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
  • More broadly, to all birds of the genus Erithacus in subfamily Saxicolinae of family Muscicapidae
• Some other members of subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), such as the bush-robins and the African robins
• Certain true thrushes (Turdus) of family Turdidae, including:
  • American Robin (T. migratorius)
  • 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 songbirds:

• Australasian robins, the family Petroicidae
• Pekin Robin or Japanese Hill Robin, archaic names for the Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)

In transportation

• Avions Robin, French manufacturer of light airplanes
• Curtiss Robin, monoplane introduced in 1928
• Reliant Robin, three-wheeled car built by Reliant
• HMS Robin, the name of two Royal Navy ships and a shore establishment
• SS Robin, world's oldest complete steam coaster (a class of steamship)
• USS Robin, the name of four U.S. Navy ships

Other

• Robin (answering machine), sales name of a 1985 answering machine
• Robin (comics), "The Boy Wonder", Batman's crime-fighting partner
• "Robin (The Hooded Man)", hit song by the Irish group Clannad
• Robin (magazine), a British children's magazine published from 1953 to 1969
• Robin, a layout engine computer software component used by The Bat! e-mail client
• Robin (TV series), cartoon created by Magnus Carlsson

See also

• Robins
• Sea robin, a fish with small "legs" (actually spines)