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Turdus migratorius
About 23 to 28 cm long with a wingspan ranging from 31 to 41 cm, the head varies from jet black to gray, with white eye arcs and white supercilia. The throat is white with black streaks, and the belly and undertail coverts are white. The robin has a brown back and a reddish-orange breast, varying from a rich red maroon to peachy orange. The bill is mainly yellow with a variably dark tip.
Spotted at Central Park area, New York. This bird breeds throughout most of North America, from Alaska and Canada southward to northern Florida and Mexico.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae Genus: Turdus Species: T. migratorius
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