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The northern mockingbird is a medium-sized mimid that has long legs and tail. [12] Males and females look alike. [ 13 ] Its upper parts are colored gray, while its underparts have a white or whitish-gray color. [ 14 ]
Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the family Mimidae. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, [ 1 ] often loudly and in rapid succession and for being extremely territorial when raising hatchlings.
The greater roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico. This list of birds of New Mexico are the species documented in the U.S. state of New Mexico and accepted by the New Mexico Bird Records Committee (NMBRC). As of August 2022, 552 species were included in the official list. Of them, 176 are on the review list (see below), five species have been introduced to North America, and three have ...
Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.
The long-tailed mockingbird is 27 to 29.5 cm (10.6 to 11.6 in) long and weighs 54 to 79 g (1.9 to 2.8 oz) with an average of 66.6 g (2.35 oz). Males are slightly larger than females. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a broad white supercilium and a black stripe through the eye that touches a black patch on the white cheek. Their crown and ...
Mockingbirds are busy nesting and mimicking several other birds – sometimes mimicking up to 10 birds all within a couple of minutes. Their nests are built in thick shrubs or trees, generally ...
Known scientifically as Ardea humbloti, the Madagascar heron was added to the red list in 2016 following a review of the population’s size at the time.A team assessed the species for inclusion ...
Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (Unc)