One key difference (besides general size and shape) is the bill, one with a large bill and the other quite small.
I remember being confused when I was small, reading kids books and sometimes seeing pictures of a ‘Robin’ and thinking ‘that doesn’t look like any Robin I’ve seen.’
JezusIce on March 21st, 2021 at 10:44 UTC »
It looks like it's wearing a tutu
UnicornSlayer5000 on March 21st, 2021 at 11:22 UTC »
Looks like a tiny pink cotton ball with toothpick legs.
Tiny birds are too cute!
ConstantlySlippery on March 21st, 2021 at 11:44 UTC »
I always thought it interesting that in Europe a ‘Robin’ looks like this bird and in North America the ‘Robin’ is a completely different bird in the Thrush family like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_robin and https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Robin/id
Compare these which are members of the Chat family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_robin
One key difference (besides general size and shape) is the bill, one with a large bill and the other quite small.
I remember being confused when I was small, reading kids books and sometimes seeing pictures of a ‘Robin’ and thinking ‘that doesn’t look like any Robin I’ve seen.’
Edit more ‘robins’
Australasian robin
pink robin
Seems that in Australia, the term ‘robin’ isnt 1 specific bird as in America, but a group of 49 species, another. TIL.
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2019/09/a-guide-to-australias-most-colourful-robins/