Robin may refer to:

Animals

Australasian robin The bird family Petroicidae includes 51 species in 19 genera. All are endemic to Australasia: New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and numerous Pacific Islands as far east as Samoa. For want of an accurate common name, the family is often called th ...

s, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae * Many members of the subfamily

Saxicolinae Chats (formerly sometimes known as "chat-thrushes") are a group of small Old World insectivorous bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the ...

(Old World chats), including: **

European robin The European robin (''Erithacus rubecula''), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in Great Britain & Ireland, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the chat subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family. About in len ...

(''Erithacus rubecula'') **

Bush-robin ''Tarsiger'' is a genus of six species of birds in the family Muscicapidae. They are small, mostly brightly coloured insectivorous birds native to Asia and (one species) northeastern Europe; four of the six species are confined to the Sino-Himala ...

Forest robin The forest robin or orange-breasted forest robin (''Stiphrornis erythrothorax'') is a species of bird from Central and West Africa. It is monotypic in the genus ''Stiphrornis''. It has been placed in the family Turdidae, but is now generally plac ...

Magpie-robin The magpie-robins or shamas (from ''shama'', Bengali and Hindi for ''C. malabaricus'') are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus ''Copsychus''. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but ...

** Scrub-robin **

Robin-chat Robin-chat is a name given to a number of bird species: * '' Cossypha'' * ''Cossyphicula'', also named the White-bellied robin-chat {{Short pages monitor Birds by common name ...

, two bird genera ** Bagobo robin **

White-starred robin The white-starred robin (''Pogonocichla stellata'') is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher and chat family Muscicapidae. It is also sometimes more simply called the starred robin. It is monotypic within the genus ''Pogonocichla''. There ...

White-throated robin The white-throated robin (''Irania gutturalis''), or irania, is a small, sexual dimorphism, sexually dimorphic, migratory passerine bird. The vernacular and genus name ''Irania'' alludes to Iran, its type locality (biology), type locality, while ...

** Blue-fronted robin **

Larvivora ''Larvivora'' is a genus of small passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in central and eastern Asia. The seven species in this genus were all previously placed in other genera. A large molecular phy ...

(6 species) **

Myiomela ''Myiomela'' is a genus of bird in the family Muscicapidae The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants ...

(3 species) * Some red-breasted New-World

true thrush True thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus ''Turdus'' of the wider thrush family, Turdidae. The genus name ''Turdus'' is Latin for "thrush". The term " thrush" is used for many other birds of the family T ...

es (''Turdus'') of the family Turdidae, including: **

American robin The American robin (''Turdus migratorius'') is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closel ...

(''T. migratorius'') (so named by 1703) **

Rufous-backed thrush The rufous-backed thrush (''Turdus rufopalliatus'') is a songbird of the thrush family. It is endemic to the Pacific slope of Mexico. It is also known as the rufous-backed robin. Description This species resembles its widespread relative the A ...

(''T. rufopalliatus'') **

Rufous-collared thrush The rufous-collared thrush (''Turdus rufitorques'') is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to highlands of Middle America, south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, occurring in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Chiapas sta ...

(''T. rufitorques'') ** Formerly other American thrushes, such as the

clay-colored thrush The clay-colored thrush (''Turdus grayi'') is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family (Turdidae). It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the ''yigüirro'' (Spanish: ). Other common names include clay-colored ...

(''T. grayi'') * Pekin robin or Japanese (hill) robin, archaic names for the

red-billed leiothrix The red-billed leiothrix (''Leiothrix lutea'') is a member of the family Leiothrichidae, native to southern China and the Himalayas. Adults have bright red bills and a dull yellow ring around their eyes. Their backs are dull olive green, and the ...

(''Leiothrix lutea''), red-breasted songbirds *

Sea robin Prionotinae is a subfamily of demersal, marine ray-finned fishes, part of the family Triglidae. The fishes in this subfamily are called sea robins and are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans, the other two Triglid subfamilies ...

, a fish with small "legs" (actually spines)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Robin (character) Robin is the alias of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson, to serve as a junior counterpart and the sidekick to the ...

, Batman's crime fighting partner in the DC Comic Universe. *

Robin (Fire Emblem) Robin, also known in the game as Avatar, is a player avatar from Nintendo's ''Fire Emblem'' video game series. They first appeared in ''Fire Emblem Awakening'' as its lead character. Within the story of ''Fire Emblem Awakening'', the Avatar su ...

, the default name for the player's avatar in ''Fire Emblem Awakening'' *

Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...

, an outlaw in English folklore * Robin Maxwell, a character in the American TV miniseries

V (1983 miniseries) ''V'' (or ''V: The Original Miniseries'') is a two-part American science-fiction television miniseries, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson. First shown in 1983, it initiated the science-fiction franchise concerning aliens known as the "Vi ...

and ''

V The Final Battle ''V: The Final Battle'' (abbreviated as ''V:TFB'') is a 1984 American TV miniseries. It is a sequel to the 1983 miniseries ''V'' written by Kenneth Johnson about aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth. Johnson parted ways ...

'' *

Sir Robin ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' is a 1975 British comedy film satirizing the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) and ...

, the cowardly knight from the film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Robin'' (magazine), a British children's magazine published from 1953 to 1969 * "Robin" (The Hooded Man), a 1984 hit song by the Irish group Clannad * ''Robin'' (TV series), cartoon created by Magnus Carlsson

Military

* HMS ''Robin'', the name of two Royal Navy ships and a shore establishment * USS ''Robin'', the name of four U.S. Navy ships

People

Robin (name) Robin is a unisex given name and a surname. It was originally a diminutive masculine given name or nickname of Robert, derived from the prefix ''Ro''- (''hrod'', Old Germanic, meaning "fame" and ''berht'', meaning "bright"), and the suffix ''-in ...

, a common given name and a surname *

Robin (singer) Robin Packalen (born 24 August 1998), previously known by his mononym Robin, is a Finnish singer who started as a teen pop artist. During his career, Packalen's certified albums and singles sales have amounted to over 370,000 copies, making ...

(born 1998), Finnish teen pop singer (full name Robin Packalen) *

Robin (wrestler) Robin is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, who works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and portrays a '' tecnico'' ("Good guy") wrestling character. Robin's r ...

, Mexican masked professional wrestler

Transportation

* Robin, one of

Apex Aircraft Apex Aircraft was a French company devoted to light aeroplane manufacture. It markets three ranges of light aircraft which it brands Robin, Alpha and CAP. The "Robin" range is the former Avions Robin DR400 4-seater aircraft of wooden construction ...

's brands *

Curtiss Robin The Curtiss Robin, introduced in 1928, was a high-wing monoplane built by the Curtiss-Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Company. The J-1 version was flown by Wrongway Corrigan who crossed the Atlantic after being refused permission. Design The ...

, a monoplane introduced in 1928 *

Reliant Robin The Reliant Robin is a small three-wheeled car produced by the Reliant Motor Company in Tamworth, England. It was offered in several versions (Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3) over a period of 30 years. It is the second-most popular fibreglass car in history, ...

, a three-wheeled car built by Reliant *

Robin Aircraft Robin Aircraft is a French manufacturer of light aircraft. It succeeds to ''Centre-Est Aéronautique'', ''Avions Pierre Robin'' and Apex Aircraft (''Avions Robin'' and ''Robin Aviation''). History Centre-Est Aéronautique was formed by Pierre ...

, a French manufacturer of light aeroplanes * SS ''Robin'', the world's oldest complete steam coaster (a class of steamship)