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The northern cardinal is the state bird of Ohio. This list of birds of Ohio includes species documented in the U.S. state of Ohio and accepted by Ohio Bird Records Committee (OBRC). As of November 2024, there were 451 species on the official list. [1]
The birds are about 20 to 22 inches long, according to Audubon, about the size of a mallard duck. Adults have long necks and legs, a color pattern of chestnut, black and gray, and have pink bills.
Hundreds of species of unusual birds are on display throughout Ohio this month as they migrate north for the summer.. Those birds range from annual favorites, like the pine warbler, to unexpected ...
The bird was spotted near Alliance at Deer Creek Reservoir, part of the Stark Parks system in Stark County, Ohio, about 25 miles east of Akron. All about the American avocet
Reptiles, on the other hand, are shown only in list format in a chapter titled "Miscellaneous", where the other non-bird animals (and many non-animals) are listed. Shearer and Shearer consider the state reptiles to be part of a "last thirty years" phenomenon (written in 2003) that includes such particular items as a state's "official beverage ...
The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus (O)
Unlike other species, turacos owe their color to a copper-based pigment called turacoverdin. The common grackle and many shimmering hummingbirds display iridescence like the way a prism splits ...
The common nighthawk winters in southern South America, but distribution in this range is poorly known due to difficulties in distinguishing the bird from the lesser nighthawk and in differentiating between migrants and overwintering birds. In some South and Central American countries, a lack of study has led to restricted and incomplete ...