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The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...
The American woodcock has a plump body, short legs, a large, rounded head, and a long, straight prehensile bill. Adults are 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm) long and weigh 5 to 8 ounces (140 to 230 g). [8] Females are considerably larger than males. [9] The bill is 2.5 to 2.8 inches (6.4 to 7.1 cm) long. [5]
The source for birds in the U.S. territories is the Avibase website: Bird checklists of the world (American Samoa), [6] Bird checklists of the world (Guam), [3] Bird checklists of the world (Northern Mariana Islands), [5] Bird checklists of the world (Puerto Rico), [4] Bird checklists of the world (United States Virgin Islands), [9] and Bird ...
Female, Guatemala. The great-tailed grackle or Mexican grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a medium-sized, highly social passerine bird native to North and South America.A member of the family Icteridae, it is one of 10 extant species of grackle and is closely related to the boat-tailed grackle and the extinct slender-billed grackle. [2]
When driving along South Carolina’s coastal waterways, wetlands and estuaries, you may find yourself spotting a small, strange-looking bird with a long, curved beak. Those little birds are white ...
Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
At least 284 bird species can be found in Resaca de la Palma State Park, which is about 5 miles north of the Mexico border.. Mexico is among the countries the gray-collared becard is most likely ...
The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.