Sex: females are slightly smaller than males, and have a lighter head color.

Range: American robins stay permanently in the USA and breed in Canada. They can sometimes also be found in Mexico.

Nesting and eggs: these birds make their nests out of long coarse grass, twigs, paper, and feathers. They smear the nest with mud and cushion it with grass and other soft materials. They usually nest in the lower half of a tree, but they can also nest in urban structures. Their eggs have a length of about 1.1 inches and a breadth of 0.8 inches, and they are a distinctive “robin egg” blue.

Food: earthworms, seeds, fruits, and berries.

Population: 320 million individuals.