There is no shortage of Robins in the world. You got some in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Chances are if you're standing somewhere in the world, there is a Robin lurking near by. But of course, almost none of them are related to each other. Is it time for another rant about how useless and silly bird names are? You better believe it.

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Notes:

European Robin: https://ebird.org/species/eurrob1
American Robin: https://ebird.org/species/amerob
Australasian Robins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasian_robin
Flame Robin: https://ebird.org/species/flarob1
Rose Robin: https://ebird.org/species/rosrob1?siteLanguage=en_AU
Torrent Flyrobin: https://ebird.org/species/torfly1
Japanese Robin: https://ebird.org/species/japrob2
Siberian Blue Robin: https://ebird.org/species/sibrob
Indian Robin: https://ebird.org/species/indrob1
Robin Accentor: https://ebird.org/species/robacc1