- Scientific name: Turdus migratorius
- Group: Garden and Park Birds
This printable American Robin coloring page is based on the bird’s rounded body, upright posture, medium-length tail, and familiar thrush shape.
The American Robin is one of the best-known birds in North America. Its warm orange breast, dark head, gray-brown back, and yellow bill make it easy to recognize and enjoyable to color.
Use the natural color guide for a realistic result, or choose your own colors and create a more imaginative version.
American Robin Coloring Page Color guide
- Head: dark gray to blackish in adult males
- Back and wings: gray-brown
- Breast and belly: warm orange to reddish orange
- Lower belly and undertail: white
- Tail: dark gray to blackish
- Bill: yellow
- Eyes: dark brown
- Eye ring: pale white or broken white markings around the eye
- Legs and feet: dark gray to brown
Adult females are usually paler than males, with a lighter gray head and less intense orange underparts.
Young birds have spotted breasts and look much more mottled than adults.
How to recognize an American Robin
The American Robin is a medium-sized thrush with a rounded body, relatively long legs, and an upright posture.
Its most obvious field mark is the orange or reddish-orange breast, which contrasts with the darker head and gray-brown upperparts.
The yellow bill is another useful feature.
American Robins are often seen walking or running across lawns, stopping suddenly and tilting their heads while searching for worms and other prey.
Their song is a series of clear, musical phrases and is especially common in spring and early summer.
Where it lives
American Robins are widespread across most of North America.
They can be found in gardens, parks, lawns, woodland edges, farmland, suburban neighborhoods, orchards, and open forests.
They adapt very well to human environments and are among the most familiar birds in towns and cities.
Some populations migrate south for winter, while others remain in the same area throughout the year, depending on climate and food availability.
What it eats
American Robins eat both animal and plant foods.
Their diet includes earthworms, beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, spiders, and other small invertebrates.
They also eat berries and fruits, which become especially important during autumn and winter.
Robins are famous for searching lawns for worms, but fruit can make up a large part of their diet at certain times of year.
Interesting facts
- The American Robin belongs to the thrush family, Turdidae.
- Despite its name, it is not closely related to the European Robin. Early European settlers gave it the name “robin” because its orange breast reminded them of the familiar European bird.
- Young American Robins have spotted breasts, a typical feature of many thrushes.
- The species is one of the most familiar birds in North American gardens and parks.
- American Robins often form large flocks outside the breeding season.
- Their diet changes with the seasons: insects and worms are especially important during warmer months, while berries and fruits become more important later in the year.
- The American Robin is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin.