Which bird is described as a small bird with a red breast, often found in gardens and woodlands?

Which bird is described as a small bird with a red breast, often found in gardens and woodlands?

• A. Cliff swallow
• B. European robin
• C. Red crossbill
• D. Japanese white-eye

Answer: (B)

Recognizing a small bird with a red breast that you often see in gardens and woodlands points to the European robin. Robins are compact, about the size of a thrush, with a bright orange-red breast and face, olive-brown upperparts, and a pale belly. They’re a familiar garden visitor, frequently perched on hedges or fence tops and often heard singing from a quiet perch. They forage on the ground for insects and berries, which helps them be such a common sight in those habitats. Other birds described don’t fit this combination of size, red breast, and typical garden presence: a cliff swallow is a larger swallow with long wings and a more streaked or blue-black look, not a red-breasted ground forager; a red crossbill has red plumage but is a finch with a distinctive crossed bill and isn’t the small garden bird you’d expect; a Japanese white-eye is a tiny greenish-yellow bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, lacking the red breast.

Recognizing a small bird with a red breast that you often see in gardens and woodlands points to the European robin. Robins are compact, about the size of a thrush, with a bright orange-red breast and face, olive-brown upperparts, and a pale belly. They’re a familiar garden visitor, frequently perched on hedges or fence tops and often heard singing from a quiet perch. They forage on the ground for insects and berries, which helps them be such a common sight in those habitats.

Other birds described don’t fit this combination of size, red breast, and typical garden presence: a cliff swallow is a larger swallow with long wings and a more streaked or blue-black look, not a red-breasted ground forager; a red crossbill has red plumage but is a finch with a distinctive crossed bill and isn’t the small garden bird you’d expect; a Japanese white-eye is a tiny greenish-yellow bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, lacking the red breast.