Please help me identify this bird

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Nick R.

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This guy has come to my yard from parts unknown. It's about the size of a robin, 6 or 7 inches long. I've never seen one like it before and I haven't been able to id it from online sites. I'm located in the middle atlantic states of north america if that helps.:
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What time does it come in to your yard? Robin's usually visit me early in the morning (the whole early bird syndrom) and they invade the lawn (like this one is doing) pulling out worms and other yech.

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No, no no - this is not a robin but a Thrush - REDWING, Turdus iliacus. Typical characteristics are that it is red under the wing and also seen on the side combined with the white line on the hed next to the eye and back to the neck. It is much bigger than a Robin, more like a Blackbird if you know them and it is not standing as "upright" as a Robin.... So, Redwing!

/jon
 
Good second assesment, Jon. However, the Redwing has a streaked chest and this one is spotted as a juvenile Robin would be - also, the black eye-line isn't present nor following through to the beak. In addition, the shots were taken during the forward jaunt of the body that even I show when I see someone photographing me.

One other note, Redwings are only found in Detroit and only visit New Jersey occasionally during the winter months - if this was taken recently, then, immature Robin for me as well.

Tuna
 
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OK - I was wrong and thinking about European birds.... This is for sure not a Robin as in European Robin but having now looked into a book about North American birds I agree - it is a juvenile American Robin, Turdus migratorius which is actually a Thrus (turdus).... Sorry for the confusion - the word "Robin" simply refers to different birds in different parts of the world!! Jon
 
Olsen;
Actually there is an american spieces calles American Robin which is in reality a thrush and very close relative of your first suggestion "Rödvingetrast" which was also my first reaction. The bird on the picture is a young American Robin, Turdus migratorius.

But then again, Robin (Rödhake) as you and I know it is a totally different spieces and not even a close relative to the American Robin.

/Jon
 
And by the way... here is a picture of a European Robin:

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And here is one of an American Robin:

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And here is the Redwing

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Pictures from the Birds group at Flickr, hope no-one objects for making a copy of them here - there are many more at Flickr Birds group if you want to take a look!
 
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Shows how much I know. I thought it was a thrush also. Where is Peterson when you need him? :D
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The American Robin _is_ a thrush. There are 12 different thrush species in NA.

The other answers are hilarious.
 
Kin Lau said:
The American Robin _is_ a thrush. There are 12 different thrush species in NA.

The other answers are hilarious.
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Whats even funnier than that is an Asian person living in Canada teaching us ignorant americans (myself included) about our own birds. :D :D Very Good!;)
 
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