The European robin is not the same species as our American robin. European settlers to...
Kathy Adams Clark/KAC ProductionsAs an old European Christmas story goes, on the cold night when Jesus was born in a Bethlehem stable, Mary cried out that the embers in the stable’s campfire were burning out. Her cries awakened a robin perched on a nearby tree, and the bird flew into the stable to fan the embers with his wings to reignite the warming fire.
The actual name for the “robin redbreast” is European robin. It’s a beautiful little songbird that sings a tuneful, high-pitched, warbling melody, sounding like twildde-ooo — twidde-eeede — twiddle.European robins reside in such places as Great Britain, France, Italy, and Spain.Some birds migrate to the Middle East and North Africa for the winter.American robins live throughout North America and into Mexico.Some northern populations wander southward to places like Texas for the winter.
And the silvery song of a European robin sharply contrasts with the American robin’s raspy song, which sounds like the words cheerily, cheer-up, cheer-up, cheerily, cheer-up.
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