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Large; quite dark and brownish, below bluish-grey with almost black banding. Little white on primary bases. North American group. Lanius borealis borealis – Hudson Bay region of Ontario and Quebec; Similar to excubitor, but darker with faint barring below. John James Audubon called this subspecies the great American shrike in his book Birds ...
Adults are about 30 cm (12 in) long, black, with blue wings, mantle, and tail, black bills, yellow eye rings and legs. Immature birds have yellow bills. This is a common species of jay with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of " least concern ".
The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.
The gray hawk is found from Costa Rica north into the southwestern United States. The gray hawk is 46–61 cm (18–24 in) in length and weighs 475 g (16.8 oz) on average. The adult has a pale gray body, the tail is black with three white bands and the legs are orange. It is a solid, unpatterned gray on the upper parts.
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 ...
Loons are aquatic birds the size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. Their plumage is largely gray or black, and they have spear-shaped bills. Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata (R) Common loon, Gavia immer (R)
The underwing coverts are white and the under-tail coverts are a dark dull grey. [2] The inner webs of the outer 2–3 feather pairs are mostly white forming a large, white, oval-shaped area on the wing undersurfaces. [2] The beak tip is black, becoming blue-gray beneath nostrils and on mandible. [9]
Steller's jay has a more slender bill and longer legs than the blue jay and, in northern populations, has a much more pronounced crest. [9]: 69 [10] It is also somewhat larger. The head is blackish-brown, black, or dark blue, depending on the subspecies of the bird, with lighter streaks on the forehead.