A North American thrush found in parks, lawns and forests. It searches the ground for earthworms and often eats fruit in autumn and winter.
The back is gray-brown and the underparts warm orange. Females have paler heads with less contrast against the back than males.
Jahn et al. tracked seven American Robins with archival GPS tags at three U.S. breeding sites, from 2017 through spring 2018. Four males from Denali, Alaska, moved through western Canada in mid-September and reached the northern Great Plains by early October. They wintered in Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Montana; the farthest fix was 4,508 km from capture.
One Amherst, Massachusetts, female stayed until November, then wintered in South Carolina, 1,210 km away. Two Washington, D.C., birds stayed within 6 km of their capture site all year. These seven tracks included both long-distance migrants and birds that remained nearby.
IUCN Red List (assessment by BirdLife International) · Least Concern (LC) · Global
BirdLife International’s 2021 global IUCN assessment lists the American Robin as Least Concern (LC), with a stable population trend. It was assessed on 11 November 2020.