Robin with white on wings and back and a white ring around the neck

by Marlene
(Southern Ontario)

I've been seeing this bird around my neighbourhood for the past few days looks exactly like a Robin except it has some white markings on the wings and back and a white ring around the neck. Otherwise it is the same size, colour and shape of a Robin.... it even has the white ring around the eye and the black tip on the bill, same as a Robin. Sorry, but I wasn't able to get a picture. I've never seen this kind of bird in these parts before. Does anyone know what kind of bird it is?

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Aug 15, 2014
 Robin with white tail feather and neck ring NEW
by: Jean

I just saw one this morning in Kitchener, Ontario. It was with a couple of other "regular" looking robins. Had a white speckled breast as well. Have never seen those markings before and of course Googled it - so here I am posting this!
May 22, 2014
 White Necked Robin in NE PA NEW
by: Will

We have a white necked robin in Bloomsburg PA. Never saw one of these birds before and could not find it in our bird book.
Apr 24, 2014
 Robin with white ring
by: Anonymous

Marge in Prince Edward Island, canada. I have a robin with a white ring around it's neck in my back yard..April 24, 14. I have never seen one before.
plasma
Apr 12, 2014
 robin with white
by: Barb

saw this bird tonite in Seaford Long Island
not afraid of me,hope he stays around

Oct 09, 2013
 robin w/white neck ring and white tail tip
by: Anonymous

This is robin looking bird with white ring around neck and white tail tip. In back yard under feeder for over a week in georgia.
May 13, 2013
 we have two
by: Anonymous

we have a pair of them raising chicks under our deck. I have a good photo of one but could not post it.. Vernon Hills, IL 5/13/13
May 10, 2013
 We have one too
by: Anonymous

We had one last year (we call him RingNeck) and I swear he came back again this year in Pickering ON. Very friendly, will come right up to you at the sound of your voice and take bits of bread on the ground. He brought his chick around last year and they both would sing every morning for their bread. This year he brought a female (who is timid) and they hang in the front yard, building a nest in the evergreen tree.
Apr 28, 2013
 Whte Robin
by: Anonymous

We have a white feather robin at our home all white with red breast first we have ever seen in mid Atlantic area.
Apr 23, 2013
 Seen a robin like bird with white wings
by: Anonymous

In south central missouri
Apr 18, 2013
 April 17, 2013
by: Anonymous

I saw the white ringed neck robin at our feeder this morning in Oakville Ontario.
Apr 18, 2013
 April 17, 2013
by: Anonymous

I saw the white ringed neck robin at our feeder this morning in Oakville Ontario.
Apr 13, 2013
 white headed robin
by: Anonymous




Looking out in the neighbors back yard , what looked to be a robin with white from the neck up...Macomb Twp MI
Apr 13, 2013
 Robin with white wings
by: Anonymous

Also seen it in grabill, Indiana that is about 30 minutes north of Fort Wayne. In Amish country
Apr 07, 2013
 Ring necked robin and white in the wings
by: John

I first noticed this robin last summer in a crabapple tree eating the fruit. I took a few pictures.
To my surprise it has returned about a week ago and is here everyday. It only likes the front yard and doesn't venture to the back yard. It was pairing up with two other robins. Very intersting
bird. At the momment it is in the front yard.
Menasha,Wi (noticed most of the sighting were in the northern states)
John K
Apr 05, 2013
 Here in NY...
by: Anna

Saw this same large robin with white ring on neck here in Schuylerville, NY.
Apr 01, 2013
 Ring neck robin, holt michigan
by: Anonymous

March 31 2013 I spotted this robin with a white ring around his or hers sparring with what looked to be a robin also, but I noticed both of their tails seem to be longer
Mar 31, 2013
 Ring neck robon
by: Anonymous

My husband saw this robin with a white neck in our yard in Holt, Michigan this morning. Research on google says it's a ring neck robin!
Mar 31, 2013
 New Sighting!
by: Yvonne

I too am seeing this bird! I live in Rochester, Michigan. I can't find anything about it but it's so interesting! It has to be related to the Robin. Please someone tell me what it is!!

Mar 31, 2013
 Leucistic white-headed Robin in Ann Arbor, MI
by: Carey Allen

Saw a white head robin in our front yard in Ann Arbor Michigan on March 28, 2013! Got a very fuzzy picture with my cell phone since it was too far away. It had a white head with white wing flight-feathers and some on tail. It was beautiful and seemed to be traveling as part of the crowd with other typical looking robins. It was jumping around in the grass eating and flew up to a tree when we got close. It did seem to get chased off by other robins when it got too close to others in trees.
Mar 26, 2013
 Strange looking robin
by: Cheyl

My husband and I saw this same bird this evening in Peebles, Ohio.
Mar 26, 2013
 Strange looking robin
by: Cheyl

My husband and I saw this same bird this evening in Peebles, Ohio.
Feb 26, 2013
 Feb 26, 2013-extra early robin? white neck ring, in MI
by: Laura

February 26, 2013-It's sleeting heavily outside today, but I had a strange bird at my feeder. I live in Dowling MI and it's very early to see a robin, but I don't know what else it could have been. It had a white ring around its neck, and the wings were tipped in white. It was on the larger side of the average robin. Otherwise, everything else about it looked like a robin-shape, feet, coloring, and beak. It was alone. When it flew away, it had good-sized wing span.
Jan 01, 2013
 White tailed Robin
by: Anonymous

Down here in Pa. we've had a Robin with a solid white tail in our back yard for over a week.Never seen anything like it!

Jul 12, 2012
 Ring neck robin
by: Swansea sighting

Seen that white ring robin 7/11/12 in Swansea ma
May 20, 2012
 what is this bird
by: Linda, Illinois

bird that looks like a robin with white tail, white feathers on legs and white feathers up it's back and on it's head. What is this bird?
Mar 29, 2012
 white ring neck robin here..
by: keith

had a robin here with white ring neck, white head feather, red breast , brown wings and partially white tail.. white leg feathers. hmm sounds about like what yu saw , in with a flock off robins in are yard. here in amherst ns.. mar 29/ 2012
Mar 29, 2012
 white ring neck robin here..
by: keith

had a robin here with white ring neck, white head feather, red breast , brown wings and partially white tail.. white leg feathers. hmm sounds about like what yu saw , in with a flock off robins in are yard. here in amherst ns.. mar 29/ 2012

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