American Robin Turdus migratorius Scientific name definitions
- Names (39)
- Subspecies (7)
Natasha Vanderhoff, Peter Pyle, Michael A. Patten, Rex Sallabanks, and Frances C. James
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 1, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 1, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Malvís americanu |
| Basque | Zozo papargorria |
| Bulgarian | Странстващ дрозд |
| Catalan | Tord de pit gris |
| Croatian | američki kos |
| Czech | drozd stěhovavý |
| Danish | Vandredrossel |
| Dutch | Roodborstlijster |
| English | American Robin |
| English (United States) | American Robin |
| Finnish | punarintarastas |
| French | Merle d'Amérique |
| French (French Guiana) | Merle d'Amérique |
| Galician | Tordo migrador |
| German | Wanderdrossel |
| Greek | Αμερικανική Τσίχλα |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Kwèt-kwèt etranje |
| Hebrew | קיכלי נודד |
| Hungarian | Vándorrigó |
| Icelandic | Farþröstur |
| Japanese | コマツグミ |
| Lithuanian | Strazdas klajoklis |
| Norwegian | vandretrost |
| Polish | drozd wędrowny |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tordo-americano |
| Romanian | Sturz cu piept roșu |
| Russian | Странствующий дрозд |
| Serbian | Crvenogrudi drozd |
| Slovak | drozd sťahovavý |
| Slovenian | Taščični drozg |
| Spanish | Zorzal Americano |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Zorzal migratorio |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Zorzal Migratorio |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Mirlo Primavera |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Zorzal Robín |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zorzal americano |
| Swedish | vandringstrast |
| Turkish | Göçmen Ardıç |
| Ukrainian | Дрізд мандрівний |
Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766
PROTONYM:
[Turdus] migratorius
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1, p.292.
TYPE LOCALITY:
in America septentrionali.
Definitions
- TURDUS
- turdus
- migratorius
- Migratorius
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Distribution of the American Robin.
Breeding occurs locally in Florida south to the dashed line.