European Robin

The beautiful European robin has an orange face and breast, a pale bluish-gray neck band that outlines the orange, a white belly and it is olive-brown above. Males and females look alike. I saw my first one at Kilkenny Castle in Kilkenny County, Ireland on July 5, 2024 while Judy and I walked the grounds. My photos are pretty atrocious because all I had was a cell phone. My best photo was taken down near the River Nore. The second one was taken out on the grounds just outside the castle. 

The next day, July 6, 2024, we were driving around the Dingle Peninsula and stopped at the Blasket Centre  in Dun Chaoin, the most westerly parish on the Dingle Peninsula. This European robin was in a tree as we were walking toward the entrance. These photos are pretty horrible. 

I saw the ssp. found in the British Isles and much of western Europe, melophilus. 

Illustration from Birds of the World. 

Range from Birds of the World.