Editing European robin (section)

== Distribution and habitat ==
The robin occurs in Eurasia east to Western Siberia, south to Algeria and on the Atlantic islands as far west as the [[Central Group, Azores|Central Group]] of the Azores and Madeira. It is a vagrant in Iceland. In the southeast, it reaches Iran the [[Caucasus]] range.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> 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. These migrants can be recognised by the greyer tone of the upper parts of their bodies and duller orange breast. The continental European robins that migrate during winter prefer spruce woods in northern Europe, contrasting with its preference for parks and gardens in Great Britain.<ref name=Jon78>{{Cite book|title=Birds of Wood, Park and Garden |last=Jonsson |first=Lars|year=1976|publisher=Penguin |location=Middlesex, England |isbn=978-0-14-063002-2 |pages=90}}</ref>

In southern Iberia, habitat segregation of resident and migrant robins occurs, with resident robins remaining in the same woodlands where they bred.<ref>{{cite journal |author1= De La Hera, I. |author2= Fandos, G. | author3= Fernández‐López, J. | author4= Onrubia, A. | author5= Pérez‐Rodríguez, A. |author6= Pérez‐Tris, J. | author7= Tellería, J. L. |year=2018| title= Habitat segregation by breeding origin in the declining populations of European Robins wintering in southern Iberia | journal=Ibis| volume=160| pages=355–364| doi=10.1111/ibi.12549| issue=2| hdl= 10468/7018 | hdl-access= free }}</ref>

Attempts to introduce the European robin into Australia and New Zealand in the latter part of the 19th century were unsuccessful. Birds were released around Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and [[Dunedin]] by various local [[Acclimatisation society|acclimatisation societies]], with none becoming established. There was a similar outcome in North America, as birds failed to become established after being released in [[Long Island]], New York in 1852, Oregon in 1889–1892, and the [[Saanich Peninsula]] in British Columbia in 1908–1910.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Introduced Birds of the World: The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments|last=Long|first=John L.|year=1981|publisher=Reed|location=Terrey Hills, Sydney|isbn=978-0-589-50260-7|pages=309}}</ref>
[[File:Rouge-gorge à une mangeoire.jpg|thumb|Robin eating seeds in France]]