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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
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BirdsIn Sandusky County, Ohio

American Robin

Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766

American Robin in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Turdus
Near Sandusky County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 88. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (0)
  • Within its mapped range (2)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (51)
  • Recorded, season not shown (34)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
American Robin by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ashland County28 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Athens County147 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Butler County238 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Clark County46 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Clermont County39 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Columbiana County53 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Cuyahoga County992 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Darke County46 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Delaware County75 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Erie County95 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Fairfield County27 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Fayette CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Franklin County623 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Fulton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Gallia County24 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Geauga County61 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Greene County140 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hamilton County449 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Henry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hocking County20 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Lake County130 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Licking County43 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Logan County38 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Lorain County92 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Lucas County193 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Mahoning County69 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Marion CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Medina County78 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Mercer CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Montgomery County191 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Noble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ottawa County52 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Paulding CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Pike CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Portage County100 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Putnam CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Richland County47 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Seneca CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Shelby CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Stark County144 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Summit County749 · Season shownYes: year-round
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Tuscarawas County20 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Union County23 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Van Wert CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Warren County77 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Wayne County33 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Williams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Wood County55 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Wyandot CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round

Season

When it is recorded

In Sandusky County

Not enough evidence

Not enough records in Sandusky County yet to show a season. A season needs at least 20 records from 5 different years. Missing records do not mean it is absent.

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 8,306 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
Show over the bars
Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 8,306 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

Show as a table
Records of American Robin in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of American RobinYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–109196,211
Jan 11–1774105,146
Jan 18–249494,645
Jan 25–3192104,698
Feb 1–793106,023
Feb 8–1484105,888
Feb 15–219195,436
Feb 22–28115106,846
Mar 1–715098,321
Mar 8–14190910,384
Mar 15–212391012,620
Mar 22–282181013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 42741019,661
Apr 5–113031026,860
Apr 12–184361039,925
Apr 19–254781041,623
Apr 26 – May 2600956,391
May 3–95671052,952
May 10–165081053,785
May 17–233861057,698
May 24–303121054,651
May 31 – Jun 62851053,099
Jun 7–131701053,700
Jun 14–201951056,625
Jun 21–271811055,361
Jun 28 – Jul 41701058,477
Jul 5–111451061,336
Jul 12–181321064,722
Jul 19–251351069,753
Jul 26 – Aug 11061059,416
Aug 2–895959,712
Aug 9–15601055,994
Aug 16–2259854,328
Aug 23–29501051,772
Aug 30 – Sep 554957,167
Sep 6–1243859,075
Sep 13–19551054,543
Sep 20–26641045,860
Sep 27 – Oct 3711043,180
Oct 4–1083937,841
Oct 11–1769930,824
Oct 18–24901021,156
Oct 25–31741019,021
Nov 1–761914,172
Nov 8–1450812,621
Nov 15–215987,965
Nov 22–2851108,136
Nov 29 – Dec 53486,083
Dec 6–126496,004
Dec 13–194575,423
Dec 20–266295,661
Dec 27 – Jan 29998,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • Mourning Dove Zenaida macrouraOften confused in Ohio: 12 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • European Starling Sturnus vulgarisOften confused in Ohio: 11 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis174 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus164 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus163 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

When it is heard

Reported with a sound recording, too few times for a season.

From 1 iNaturalist records with a sound recording. Sounds are not kept or played here. Listen on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed77%49%
Forest12%31%
Farmland8%11%
Wetland2%5%
Open water0.7%3%
Barren0.3%0.6%
Grassland and shrub0.3%0.9%

From 3,821 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

8,306 records from 3 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF downloads doi:10.15468/dl.8m7c3d (opens in a new tab), doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.