Animals / Bird

European robin

Erithacus rubecula · Muscicapidae

The European robin, known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, as far east as Western Siberia, and as far south as North Africa. It is sedentary in the west and south of its range, and migratory in the north and east of its range where winters are harsher.

Where the European robin lives

Recorded in Sweden, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Belgium and Portugal (Europe).

Most records fall in Västra Götaland, Skåne, Rogaland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen and Stockholm.

See the European robin’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 11,020,763 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.