A robin perches on the branch of a bush in the winter


The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in Great Britain, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the chat subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family. About – cm (– in) in length, the male and female are similar in colouration, with an orange breast and face lined with grey, brown upper-parts and a whitish belly. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in most of its range except the far north.


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Location: Stourton, Wiltshire UK
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Keywords: avia, avian, bird, chat, erithacus, flycatcher, redbreast, robin, rubecula, songbird, winter