Robin

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Contents 1 Birds 2 Aviation 3 People 4 Fictional characters 5 Other 6 See also

Robin may refer to:

[edit] Birds

• European Robin, Erithacus rubecula, a small passerine bird commonly called the Robin in Britain
• American Robin, Turdus migratorius (and other American species of True thrush of the tropics and subtropics)
• Australasian robins, the family Petroicidae, includes about 45 species in about 15 genera
• Pekin Robin and Japanese Hill Robin; names for the Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)

[edit] Aviation

• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, an international airport at the former RAF Finningley airbase, South Yorkshire, England.
• ABC Robin, an aircraft built by ABC Motors
• Avions Robin, an aircraft manufacturer
• Curtiss Robin, a monoplane

[edit] People

Main article: Robin (name)

[edit] Fictional characters

Surname

• Cock Robin, the titular character of an 18th century nursery rhyme
• Nico Robin, a fictional archaeologist in the anime One Piece

Given name

• Robin (cartoon), a cartoon created by Magnus Carlsson
• Robin (comics), one of Batman's teen sidekicks
  • Alternate versions of Robin
• Robin Hood, legendary outlaw of Sherwood Forest
• Robin (Muppet), a muppet, the diminutive nephew of Kermit the Frog
• Robin Scherbatsky, role played by actress Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother
• Robin Scorpio, HIV positive doctor on General Hospital, played by actress Kimberly McCullough
• Robin Sena, the main character in the anime Witch Hunter Robin

[edit] Other

• Red Robin, a chain of American and Canadian casual dining restaurants, founded in 1969
• Reliant Robin, a three-wheeled car built by Reliant
• SS Robin, the world's oldest complete steam coaster (a class of steamship)
• Round-robin tournament, an all-play-all tournament
• Round-robin, a protocol used in sports and computer networking
• Robin (answering machine), the sales name of 1985 answering machine 202A, from BT, UK
• Robin (layout engine), a computer software component used by The Bat! e-mail client
• Red Robin Records, a record label
• Robin (The Hooded Man), a hit song by Irish group Clannad
• Robin Goodfellow, common pseudonym of the mythological figure Puck

[edit] See also

• Robins, a disambiguation page
• Arjen Robben (pronounced Ar-yen Rob-ben) (b 1984), a Dutch soccer player