American Robin in a Maple Tree Photo Print

"American Robin in a Maple Tree" by Catherine Sherman. An American Robin perches in a maple tree in spring in a Kansas suburban city. Samaras -- the fruit of the maple tree -- hang from the branches. The rusty red breast of the robin makes the bird easy to spot as it hops around in the grass looking for food or perches in a tree. According to the Partners in Flight database (2019), the American robin is the most abundant landbird in North America (with 370,000,000 individuals). The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family. The American robin is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering from southern Canada to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin.