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Robin vs Redbird - What's the difference?

robin | redbird |

As nouns the difference between robin and redbird

is that robin is various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly family: Eopsaltridae), typically with a red breast while redbird is any of several unrelated birds having red plumage, but especially the cardinal.

As a proper noun Robin

is a given name derived from Germanic.

robin

English

(wikipedia robin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly ), typically with a red breast.
  • # A European robin; ''Erithacus rubecula.
  • #*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2
    • , passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.}}
  • # An American robin; Turdus migratorius .

    • Usage notes

    The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.

    Synonyms

    * (all senses) redbreast, robin redbreast * (the European robin)

    Derived terms

    * robin redbreast * round-robin

    External links

    * (Erithacus rubecula) * (Turdus migratorius) * (Erithacus rubecula) * (Turdus migratorius) ----

    redbird

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several unrelated birds having red plumage, but especially the cardinal.
  • Any of various red cars formerly used in the New York City subway system.
  • A train of such cars.

    • External links

    * ("redbird" on Wikipedia)