Found in southern Candada from Newfoundland to British Columbia, throughout most of the United States and extending southward through Mexico to Guatemala. They are brown above, reddish on the breast, and white on the lower belly and undertail feathers. Their throats are white, streaked with black.
Females are slightly duller and paler in color than males.
Breeding season is from April through July. The Robin is one of the first birds to begin laying eggs and normally has two or three broods. The cup-shaped nest is built by the female, who builds the outer foundation with long coarse grass, twigs, paper and feathers woven together. She lines the inner bowl with mud, smearing it with her breast and later adding fine grass or other soft material to cushion her eggs. The nest is located on the ground or high up in trees, but most commonly 5 to 15 feet above ground in a dense bush, in the crotch of trees, on on window ledges or other human structures.