With a terracotta breast, I tug worms from the lawn after the spring rain clears; say my name aloud and I sound like a masked bandit committing a jewel heist. What bird am I?
A robin
A 'robin' is an iconic harbinger of spring, and phonetically its name sounds identical to 'robbing' (the criminal act of theft).
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