Am. "Robin" (Turdus migratorius)

Thanks for your contributions today much appreciated.

Well, this American new that

A very lovely closeup of this Robin Ann!

beautiful photo of this handsome thrush, Ann, captured in a gorgeous setting, top class, many tfs!!!

two beautiful robin images ann...many thanks.....

Fabulous Images Doc, Great Info Also Well Done Tfs!!!!!
All The Best
Sue & Simon,

LOL .... yes they are pretty, but nothing like a 'robin' are they. Surely it could be listed in both sections?

Whatever part of the list, and whatever it's called, still a lovely bird and a great picture.

Well done Ann.

I agree with KC and Delia! 1) Yes, there are many Americans, especially birders, who do know this. I'm pretty sure my parents told me this when I was a kid (they could be pretty pedantic about such things). At the same time, I'm also pretty sure there are many Americans who, at best, know the bird's common name. This might be true for some folks who are curious about birds but not yet birders, so it might be helpful in terms of getting them involved if they find it easy already as newbies to birding to find information in a field guide. 2) I think that point 1 is a good argument for a double listing in the index. Indexes can be flexible that way, allowing all levels of birders to find what they're looking for. Of course, in a sense that double listing is already the case as the index probably also shows Latin names. I forgot to check that. Birders who know these are thrushes will likely also know to look under Turdus. Still, a triple listing - common, Latin, and correct family group - would only add one line to the index, maybe 1 page total due to other similar examples. If I'd been indexing the book, that's what I would have gone for. That might also be helpful for visiting birders from Europe who immediately see this is a Thrush and who are accustomed to searching by common name rather than Latin. Of course, if they just looked at the other birds listed under Thrushes and flipped to the first page, they would find Am Robins there on the second or third (I think it was) page of Thrushes. So I guess that need is already covered.

Lovely pose and setting, Ann. Interesting information, too, thank you.