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The hermit thrush is the state bird of Vermont. This list of birds of Vermont is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded in the U.S. state of Vermont.This list is based on the list published by the Vermont Bird Records Committee (VBRC).
The males have black heads, backs and tails, black and white wings, a scarlet red breast, and white belly, forehead and rump. The female matches the male in pattern, but is duller, with brown plumage instead of black, a much more washed-out red on the breast, and a buff belly. Juvenile birds resemble the female without the reddish wash on the ...
Rufous-breasted sparrowhawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter rufiventris Smith, A, 1830: 157 Grey-bellied hawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter poliogaster (Temminck, 1824) 158 Sharp-shinned hawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808: 159 White-breasted hawk: Accipitridae: Accipiter chionogaster (Kaup, 1852) 160 Plain-breasted hawk: Accipitridae ...
The red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) is a small songbird. The adult has blue-grey upperparts with cinnamon underparts, a white throat and face with a black stripe through the eyes, a straight grey bill and a black crown. Its call, which has been likened to a tin trumpet, is high-pitched and nasal.
Icterids (/ ˈ ɪ k t ər ɪ d /) or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae (/ ɪ k ˈ t ɛr ɪ d i /), of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds. The family contains 108 species and is divided into 30 genera. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.
Pileated woodpeckers are mainly black with a red crest, and have a white line down the sides of the throat. Younger specimens tend to have less curved crests, or "mohawks" as some refer to them. They show white on the wings in flight. The flight of these birds is strong and direct, but undulates in the way characteristic of woodpeckers.
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The brown-chested martin (Progne tapera) is a species of passerine bird in the swallow family. It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , French Guiana , Guyana , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Puerto Rico , Suriname , the United States , Uruguay , Venezuela , and is a vagrant to Chile and the Falkland ...