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European robin
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The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in Great Britain and Ireland, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the chat subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family.[3] 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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European robin | |
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Call recorded in Gran Canaria | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Erithacus |
Species: | E. rubecula |
Binomial name | |
Erithacus rubecula | |
Subspecies | |
7–10, see text. | |
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Range of E rubecula Breeding Resident Non-breeding Possible extinct & Introduced | |
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It is about 12.5–14.0 cm (4.9–5.5 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.