Cute, plumpish and too familiar to warrant much physical description, Erithacus rubecula is distinguished by its tawny orange forehead, neck and throat, which is common to both sexes (the nickname ...

This week, he managed to band a European robin (Erithacus rubecula, or punarind in Estonian) in an oak grove in Rakvere — a bird that should actually still be down on the Mediterranean coast. "In over ...

For example, the European robin is Erithacus rubecula. It is much smaller than the American robin, Turdus migratorius, which belongs to a different genus. The grouping of families was added to ...