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Its specific epithet rubecula is a diminutive derived from the Latin ruber, meaning 'red'. [8] [9] The genus Erithacus was described by French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1800, giving the bird its current binomial name E. rubecula. [10] [11] The genus name Erithacus is from Ancient Greek [12] and refers to an unknown bird, now usually ...
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Erithacus (Latin: erithacus; Ancient Greek: ἐρίθακος, romanized: eríthakos, lit. 'robin' (erithacos) [ 1 ] ) is a genus of passerine bird that contains a single extant species, the European robin ( Erithacus rubecula ).
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It is similar in size to its relative the European robin (Erithacus rubecula), being 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighing 13 to 26 g (0.46 to 0.92 oz). Both sexes have brownish upperparts mottled darker, a buff throat and breast, a pale buff to whitish belly, and a blackish tail with white bases to the outer tail feathers.
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European robin, Erithacus rubecula, a small passerine bird in the Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers) family Robin Redbreast (TV play) , a 1970 BBC Play for Today Topics referred to by the same term