What is European robin?
{{Taxobox | name = European robin | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Зарянка - малиновка (Erithacus rubecula), Москва.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = European robin | image2 = Pechuguero de Gran Canaria (Erithacus Rubecula Marionae).ogg | range_map = Verbreitungskarte Rotkehlchen.jpg | range_map_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[passerine|Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Old World flycatcher|Muscicapidae]] | genus = ''[[Erithacus]]'' | binomial = ''Erithacus rubecula'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)}} [[File:Cuculus canorus canorus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.150.1.jpg|thumb| ''Cuculus canorus'' + ''Erithacus rubecula'']] [[File:Erithacus rubecula.ogg|right|thumb|200px|European robin song]] The '''European robin''' (''Erithacus rubecula'') {{audio|120401-132827 Erithacus rubecula.ogg|song}} is a small [[bird]] found in many parts of [[Europe]]. In [[English language|English]], this bird is usually just called a '''robin'''. In [[Britain]], it is the most popular bird.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33090043 ''BBC News''. Robin tops poll to find UK's 'national bird']</ref> The robin is an [[insectivore]]: it eats [[insect]]s.<ref name=Patzold95>{{in lang|de}} {{Cite book|title=Das Rotkehlchen ''Erithacus rubecula''. Neue Brehm-Bücherei |author=Pätzold R|year=1995 |publisher= Westarp Wissenschaften/Spektrum |location=Magdeburg/Heidelberg |isbn=3-89432-423-6}}</ref> It is a member of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Passerine]] which makes it a perching bird. It has an orange-red breast and face, olive-brown wings and back, a white to light-brown belly. You can sometimes see a blue-grey fringe around the bottom part of the robin's red breast patch. European robins have brown legs and their tail is bluntly square. They have large, black eyes and a small black bill. Some migrate, and some are resident. In the breeding season the red chest of the male gets a bit redder, and they are very territorial. No other male robin is allowed ne