Small bird (about 16 cm or 6.5 in) of greyish brown or greenish brown plumage on the back; ventral zone of lighter colour and characteristic red or orange spot on the face, throat and breast. The spot is bordered by a greyish line. The European Robin has a plump appearance, especially in winter, because it hollows the wings and usually shrinks.
Woodland environment
Woodland and scrubland bird. Forests with abundant undergrowth and understory, riverbanks and groves, parks and gardens and urban environments.
Sedentary species and resident in the province all year round. However, in winter the province hosts wintering robins from the north. It breeds between March and May. Nest in thickets, near the ground. Two annual layings of 5 to 7 eggs. Insectivorous food supplemented with berries, seeds and fruits such as acorns.
Frequent and common species that can be watched in almost all the Great Path.
Robins are birds that are usually hidden in the undergrowth and in the bush from where they go to look for food on the ground. That is when they let themselves be seen and are more confident. In Malaga the robins are known as "buchitos" or "pecherines", among other names that always refer to the colour of their breast ("pecho" or in a more popular usage "buche" are Spanish words for "breast"). Legend has it that this colour is because they were stained with the blood of Christ when he was on the cross, either because they came to sing in his ear or because they tried to remove the nails with which he was tied. In English culture robins are identified with Christmas postcards because their colour was the same as that of the jackets worn by the postmen, who were also known as "robins".
- Altos de Hondonero
- Arroyo de la Ventilla
- Camino de la Fuenfría
- Costa del Sol Occidental
- Dehesa de Hondonero
- El Alcázar - La Maroma
- El Cerro de Santi Petri
- Fuente de los 100 Caños
- Genal and Guadiaro rivers junction
- Genil River banks
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 09. Periana - Riogordo
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 01. Málaga - Rincón de la Victoria
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 02. Rincón de la Victoria - Vélez-Málaga
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 04. Torrox - Nerja
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 05. Nerja - Frigiliana
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 06. Frigiliana - Cómpeta
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 08. Canillas de Aceituno - Periana
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 10. Riogordo - Alfarnate
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 11. Alfarnate - Villanueva del Rosario
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 12. Villanueva del Rosario - Archidona
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 13. Archidona - Villanueva de Tapia
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 14. Villanueva de Tapia - Villanueva de Algaidas
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 15. Villanueva de Algaidas - Cuevas Bajas
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 16. Cuevas Bajas - Alameda
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 18. Fuente de Piedra - Campillos
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 19. Campillos - Embalses del Guadalhorce
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 20. Embalses del Guadalhorce - Estación de El Chorro (Álora)
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 21. Estación de El Chorro (Álora) - Carratraca - Ardales
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 24. Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 25. Estación de Benaoján - Jimera de Líbar
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 26. Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 27. Benalauría - Genalguacil
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 28. Genalguacil - Casares
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 29. Casares - Estepona
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 30. Estepona - Marbella
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 31. Marbella - Ojén
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 32. Ojén - Mijas
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 34. Benalmádena - Alhaurín de la Torre
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 35. Alhaurín de la Torre - Málaga
- Hoz de Marín
- Lagunas de Campillos
- Llanos de Líbar
- Montes de Malaga Natural Park
- Quejigales - Puerto de Los Pilones
- Refugio de Juanar
- Río del Burgo
- Río Guadalmina
- Río Jorox
- Sierra del Padrastro
- Tajos del Fraile, Doña Ana y Gómer
- Valley of Genal River
- Valley of the Guadalhorce River
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