But with his red breast and dark-colored head, he’s definitely one of the birds that look like robins. As the smallest of the oriole species, there’s a slight size difference between an ...

Colonists felled the forest for timber and farmland, and as the species became rare, bird collectors hunted it. In the 19 th-century, one Frenchman reportedly shot 24 Seychelles magpie robins in ...

This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds. Polytypic.