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The bluebirds are a North American [1] group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas. Bluebirds lay an average of 4 to 6 eggs per clutch.
The lists of birds in the light blue box below are divided by biological family. The lists are based on The AOS Check-list of North American Birds of the American Ornithological Society [ 1 ] and The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World [ 2 ] supplemented with checklists from Panama, Greenland, and Bermuda.
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.
The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to eastern North America.It lives in most of the eastern and central United States; some eastern populations may be migratory.
While several North American birds exhibit apparent green plumage, turacos, native to sub-Saharan Africa, stand out as the only birds that are truly green. Unlike other species, turacos owe their ...
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven U.S. states, more than any other species: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia; although in each case the particular state just refers to the bird as "cardinal". It was also a candidate to become the state bird of Delaware but lost to the Delaware Blue ...
The source for birds in the U.S. territories is the Avibase website: Bird checklists of the world (American Samoa), [6] Bird checklists of the world (Guam), [3] Bird checklists of the world (Northern Mariana Islands), [5] Bird checklists of the world (Puerto Rico), [4] Bird checklists of the world (United States Virgin Islands), [9] and Bird ...
Haiti-born American naturalist John James Audubon contributed to understanding North American birds, but we cannot ignore his views about Black and indigenous people. (Photo by Hulton Archive ...