This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds. Polytypic.

Adult: about the size of an American robin, but thinner and longer tailed ... Black line through a yellow eye. Bill relatively short and straight. Juvenile: un­der­­parts can be heavily ...

An American robin usually lays a clutch of three or four ... “One spring we had a birds-eye view of a robins nest (above) in ...