European robin

European robin
Call recorded in Gran Canaria
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Erithacus
Species:	E. rubecula
Binomial name
Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
7–10, see text.
Range of E rubecula   Breeding   Resident   Non-breeding   Possible extinct & Introduced
Synonyms[2]
Erithacus dandalus subsp. sardus Kleinschmidt, 1906 Erithacus rubecula subsp. armoricanus Lebeurier & Rapine, 1936 Erithacus rubecula subsp. sardus Kleinschmidt, 1906 Motacilla rubecula Linnaeus, 1758

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.

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.