Robin redbreast
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Robin redbreast may refer to any one of several species of birds that are not closely related:
[edit] In Europe
- European Robin, Erithacus rubecula, a small passerine bird in the Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers) family. American and Australian species were named "robins" because their reddish breasts reminded early British colonists of this familiar British bird
[edit] In America
- American Robin, Turdus migratorius, in the Turdidae (true thrush) family
[edit] In Australia
Several species in the Petroicidae (Australasian robins) family, including:
- Scarlet Robin, Petroica multicolor
- Red-capped Robin, Petroica goodenovii
- Flame Robin, Petroica phoenicea
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