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Wildlife Gardening/Printable version; Usage on en.wiktionary.org American robin; roodborstlijster; странствующий дрозд; vándorrigó; robin America; Usage on eo.wikipedia.org Migra turdo; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Turdus migratorius; Parasitismo de puesta de Molothrus ater; Usuario:Helmy oved/Aves de Estados Unidos; Usage on ...
American popular songs featuring this bird include "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)", written by Harry M. Woods. [52] Although the comic book superhero Robin was inspired by an N. C. Wyeth illustration of Robin Hood, [53] [54] a later version had his mother nicknaming him Robin because he was born on the first day of ...
Turdus is a genus of medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the wider thrush family, Turdidae.The genus name Turdus is Latin for 'thrush'.. Most of the species are called thrushes; the term thrush is also used for many other birds in the family Turdidae, as well as for a few species belonging to other families.
The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the former subfamily Saxicolinae, which includes the chats and European robins, as Old World flycatchers. Thrushes are small to medium-sized ground living birds that feed on insects, other ...
This species resembles its widespread relative the American robin in general appearance, but is a bit smaller at 21.5–24 cm (8.5–9.4 in) long, [2] with an average wingspan of 39.4 cm (15.5 in) and weight of 74 g (2.6 oz). [3] It is named for the adult's rufous or olive-rufous upper back, which contrasts with the grayish head, nape, and rump.
American robin: Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766: 149 Black thrush: Turdus infuscatus (Lafresnaye, 1844) 150 Rufous-collared thrush: Turdus rufitorques Hartlaub, 1844: 151 Sooty thrush: Turdus nigrescens Cabanis, 1861: 152 Red-legged thrush: Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus, 1758: 153 Grand Cayman thrush (X) Turdus ravidus (Cory, 1886) 154 White ...
American robin. Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae. The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. Veery, Catharus fuscescens
American white pelican. Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Pelecanidae. Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes. Two species have been recorded in Kentucky. American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos