![American robin looking out from its perch on a branch](https://northlouisianawildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/american-robin-ruston38-1600x900.jpg)
Did you know that American robins can be easily poisoned by pesticides?
American Robins
at
a Glance
![American robin standing on a snow-covered limb](https://northlouisianawildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/robin-ruston442-1600x900.jpg)
Key Features:
American robins are dark gray birds with orange breasts and bellies.
Least Concern - Population Increasing
Habitat:
Fields, forests, gardens, parks, and yards
nesting habits:
American robins build cup-shaped nests on horizontal branches out of dead grass, twigs, moss, paper, feathers and roots on the lower halves of trees.
seasons american robins are active in our area:
All year
Diet:
Insects and fruit
hunting Behavior:
American robins forage on the ground.
Commonly Confused With:
Eastern Towhees
![Male eastern towhee perched in a bare tree](https://northlouisianawildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/eastern-towhees-bayou-cocodrie-nwr086-1600x900.jpg)
American robins are often confused with eastern towhees because both have orange on their bellies.
![American robin eating a worm](https://northlouisianawildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/american-robin-ruston41-1600x900.jpg)
American robins have orange bellies. Eastern towhees have orange on the sides of their bellies.