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The distance by which they migrate varies significantly depending on their initial habitat; a study found that individual robins tagged in Alaska are known to travel as much as 3.5 times further across seasons than robins tagged in Massachusetts. [21]
It is a vagrant in Iceland. In the southeast, it reaches Iran the Caucasus range. [1] Irish and British robins are largely resident but a small minority, usually female, migrate to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain. Scandinavian and Russian robins migrate to Britain and western Europe to escape the harsher winters.
This migration is altitudinal, with birds moving to lower altitudes during the winter (April to September), and is much more pronounced in the southern parts of the range. In Malawi birds descend to the shores of lake Malawi (300 m (980 ft)), birds in South Africa and Mozambique move as low as sea-level, and may move 120 km (75 mi) from their ...
Numerous studies find bird migration is changing in response to warmer temperatures for some migrating birds. Climate change leaves some migrating birds 'out of sync' and hungry Skip to main content
Robins can use up to 10% of their body weight to keep warm on a single winter night. But when temperatures drop and the ground freezes, finding food becomes very hard for the garden birds without ...
It is a mainly resident breeder in eastern and southern Africa, though some adults and juveniles may migrate more than 100 km [15] to lower, warmer regions in winter. [3] In their winter refuges, they may coexist with several other species of robin. [7] Some are however year-round residents even at high altitudes. [7]
The smallest of the red robins, the red-capped robin is 10.5–12.5 cm (4.1–4.9 in) long with a wingspan of 15–19.5 cm (5.9–7.7 in), and weighs around 7–9 g (0.25–0.31 oz). Males and females are of similar size. It has longer legs than the other robins of the genus Petroica. The male has a distinctive scarlet cap and breast.
The range in Australia is from Cardwell to the Bloomfield River in northeastern Queensland. [7] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests .