The mockingbird has been Florida’s state bird since 1927 ... Its Latin name translates to "many-tongued thrush." It is also the state bird of Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.

The bird, a varied thrush, was first spotted Jan. 16 by a man who lives on Edgemoor Drive and posted a photo on Facebook asking people to help identify it, said Ronan O’Carra, who serves as ...

Typically bold, buffy eye ring and supraloral patch of most Swainson’s thrushes distinctive ... Breeding: mostly in deciduous and/or mixed forest; birds in western U.S. primarily nest in ...

The Bicknell's thrush uses a unique and ingenious breeding system among birds: Both sexes mate with multiple partners in a season — resulting in egg clutches fathered by several different males. This ...