When it comes to the national treasure of Britain, it is the red-breasted robin.

要说英国的国宝动物是什么，那当属红胸鸲了。

Red-breasted robin (scientific name: Erithacus rubecula melophilus), also known as red-breasted bird and robin; is a British subspecies of Eurasian robin. The body is about 15 cm long, the head is gray-black, the face to the chest is reddish orange, the lower abdomen is white, and the upper part of the wings and tail is brown, green and olive. The beak is tapered, and the base of the beak is dark brown. Bright black eyes, delicate legs and light brown claws.

红胸鸲（学名：Erithacus rubecula melophilus），又叫红襟鸟、知更雀；是欧亚鸲的英国亚种。体长约15厘米，头部灰黑色，脸部至胸部红橙色，下腹部白色，翅膀和尾巴的上半部是棕绿橄榄色。锥形的鸟喙，喙基暗棕色。明亮的黑眼睛，细巧的腿和浅棕色的爪。

Warlike sex, likes to be active in woodlands, shrubs, forests, parks and gardens. The call is like a flute, and it screams from morning to evening, even at night during the breeding season. It mainly preys on insects and also pecks on fruits. The British love the red-breasted robin very much, and they especially worship the male red-breasted robin's instinct to inspect and defend the territory it has established, calling it the "bird of God." In 1960, he was elected as the national bird in the United Kingdom through a referendum.

性好战，喜欢活动于林地、灌丛、森林、公园和花园，叫声啭鸣似笛，在繁殖季节由早至傍晚鸣叫，甚至夜晚。主要捕食昆虫，也啄食水果。英国人十分喜爱红胸鸲，尤为是崇拜雄性红胸鸲对自己所建立的疆域负有巡察及保卫责任的本能，称其为“上帝之鸟”。1960年，在英国通过公民投票被选为国鸟。