[Length 13 (F) to 17 (M) in. Wingspan xx in.]

This displaying Crested Oropendola was photographed at the ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Department Magdalena, Colombia. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: June 9, 2009)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This American Robin was photographed at Brigantine NWR, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1990)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This male American Robin was photographed at the old Andrews cemetery, Andrews, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: November 12, 2007)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This immature American Robin was photographed at the old Andrews cemetery, Andrews, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: November 12, 2007)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This immature American Robin was photographed at the old Andrews cemetery, Andrews, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=277mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: November 12, 2007)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This American Robin on nest was photographed at the Magee Marsh boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 16, 2012)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This immature American Robin was photographed at Rustler Park campground, Portal, Arizona, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: June 26, 2013)

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

The return of the American Robin to residential lawns each year is the universal symbol of the coming of spring. The "American" Robin was named by the early colonists because its "red" breast reminded them of the European Robin, a common bird of their homelands. Although both birds are thrushes (in the family Turdidae), the American Robin is twice the size of its European namesake and more closely related to European thrushes such as the Fieldfare. American Robins have one of the largest breeding ranges of any bird in North America, ranging over virtually all of the US, Alaska, and Canada (except the far arctic reaches of Canada such as Baffin and Ellsmere Islands and the north slope of Alaska). This one was photographed in the foothills of southern Colorado, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm f4.5 ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: June 1986)