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The eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small North American migratory thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands, and orchards.. The bright-blue breeding plumage of the male, easily observed on a wire or open perch, makes this species a favorite of birders.
Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence Grandala: Grandala coelicolor Hodgson, 1843: 1 Mountain bluebird: Sialia currucoides (Bechstein, 1798) 2 Western bluebird: Sialia mexicana Swainson, 1832: 3 Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) 4 Finsch's rufous thrush: Stizorhina finschi (Sharpe, 1870) 5 Fraser's rufous thrush
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Arkansas. This list of birds of Arkansas includes species documented in the U.S. state of Arkansas and accepted by the Arkansas Audubon Society (AAS). As of January 2022, there were 424 species included in the official list. [1]
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The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [ 4 ] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States , American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
The genus Sialia was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827 with the eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) as the type species. [2] [3] A molecular phylogenetic study using mitochondrial sequences published in 2005 found that Sialia, Myadestes (solitaires) and Neocossyphus (African ant-thrushes) formed a basal clade in the family Turdidae.
Eastern bluebird; M. Mountain bluebird; W. Western bluebird This page was last edited on 29 November 2024, at 09:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Binomial name; Mimus polyglottos ... wood thrush, and eastern bluebird, ... The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Arkansas, [66] Florida, [67] Mississippi, ...