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When I first started birding long, long ago (how long? pre-computer, but post the printed word thankfully) one of the birds that got me firmly and eternally hooked was a species that we here in the UK know as “the robin”. A small, rotund, fiery bundle of aggression and sweet song, the European Robin Erithacus [...]

I recently took a walk off-trail at Papscanee Island, taking advantage of deer trails to find my way through the thick brush. I was startled by an American Robin flushing from directly in front of me, not more than three feet away. A closer look at the location the bird flushed from revealed [...]

Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Royal National Park, Sydney, and Sherbrooke Forest, Melbourne, Australia

The Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis is distributed from the extreme southeast corner of South Australia through most of Victoria and the western half of New South Wales and north as far as Cooktown. Tropical northern Queensland birds are mainly restricted to the [...]

Cape Robin Cossypha caffra
Nairobi, Kenya

The Cape Robin is a widespread species, found from East Africa down to the core of its breeding range in South Africa. Named for its “resemblance” (ie it has a reddish breast and a pleasant song) to the European Robin Erithacus rubecula by settlers, the species inhabits most types of scrub [...]