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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Turdidae.

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  • The Phasianidae, Turdidae (_Myadestes-Hylocichla_ group), and Sylviidae (Polioptilinae) seem to have originated in the

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

  • (Petrochelidon albifrons), thrushes (Hylocichla sp.), canyon towhee

    Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937

  • At all events, one of them presently broke into a song -- the first _Hylocichla_ note of the year.

    Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877

  • (Hylocichla mustelina) started singing not far from the campground: three or four or five flute-like notes followed by a sort of trill.

    UUpdates - All updates 2010

  • Some characteristic breeding birds include northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), green-backed heron (Butorides virescens), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), eastern screech owl (Otus asio), wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), wood (Aix sponsa) and American black duck (Anas rubripes).

    Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests 2007

  • Breeding birds include northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), screech owl (Otus asio), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), green heron (Butorides virescens), pileated (Dryocopus pileatus) and red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), and wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) (re-introduced through parts of the ecoregion).

    Southern Great Lakes forests 2007

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