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Are American Robins behaving like Blackbirds? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Zheljko
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Ruff
Two birds in one.
Ahh. You've struck on the difference between English and American. Blackbirds ( the original Eurasian ones ) are Turdus merula and very similar in habits to all the other members of Turdus - which the American Robin is a member of ( the original Robin is a Flycatcher, but not one of your Flycatchers, one ofthe originals ). The Johnny-come-lately'sin the New World are a completely different family that includes Caciques, Oropendolas and what you call Orioles. It comes from the time when the people naming the birds weren't ornithologists so little stripey brown jobs became Sparrows, small stuff in forests and woodland became Warblers and black birds became ......... Blackbirds. Easy :t:
Chris
This forum can be a little confusing where such things are concerned. To paraphrase Churchill (I think), the English-speaking world is divided by a common language.
