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Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis is a member of the family Mimidae within the Order Passeriformes and can be found in most of the US east of the Rocky Mountains. Like other members of its family it mimics the calls of other birds, but also tree frogs and even mechanical […]
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Curve-billed Thrasher is a member of the family Mimidae within the Order of Passeriformes that occupies mainly desert regions in the southwest US and most of Mexico. Sharing a range with the Cactus Wren, both like to nest in Jumping Cholla, and it is very intolerant and fights to
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Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Brown Thrasher is a member of the family Mimidae, within the Order Passeriformes, and is the only member to live primarily in the eastern US. It is the state bird of Georgia. It is noted for having over 1000 song types, the largest song repertoire of birds. Each note
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Hirundinidae (Swallows & Martins) Click on the thumbnail to see gallery of each species. Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Bank Swallow Tree Swallow Violet Green Swallow Cave Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Purple Martin Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Violet-green Swallow is a member of the family Hirudinidae, which is in the Order Passeriformes. They breed in the west from Alaska to Mexico as far east as Texas and Montana. It is a cavity nester that may uses trees, cracks in cliffs or human structures. They are
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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Tree Swallow is a member of the family Hirundinidae, within the Order Passeriformes with a breeding range over much of the US and Canada. Males are iridescent blue on the back, while females are brown. It likes open or wooded areas near water and nests in natural or
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Purple Martin, Progne subis is in the swallow family Hirundinidae, within the great Order Passeriformes. It is the largest swallow in North America, with a breeding range over most of the eastern US and down into Mexico. They have become almost entirely dependent on humans for nesting structures,
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis is a member of the family Hirundinidae within the Order Passeriformes. It is native to southern Canada, the US and Central America. Those north of Mexico migrate to the Gulf Coast and Central or South America for the winter. Stelgidopteryx serripennis NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Cliff Swallows, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, are colonial nesters of the family Hirundinidae in the Order Passeriformes. They were recently in the genus Hirundo, but this was changed with DNA analysis. They breed across much of the US and Canada and less is know about their wintering range in South America.
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact the Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica is a member of the family Hiundinidae within the Order Passeriformes and is the most widespread swallow in the world, with 6 subspecies breeding across the Northern Hemisphere. Inhabiting open country, it uses man-made structures for nesting and has followed the spread of humans
