The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related. The American robin ranks behind only the red-winged blackbird as the most abundant land bird in North America. Robin roosts can be huge, sometimes including a quarter-million birds during winter. Robins eat different types of food depending on the time of day: more earthworms in the morning and more fruit later in the day.
