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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Troglodytidae .
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Mystery bird: Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus
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Mystery bird: Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus
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Mystery bird: Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus
Science Weekly podcast: A blogging special from the Science Online conference in North Carolina 2011
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The Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), the state bird of South Carolina, nests from the mountains, across the Piedmont and into the Coastal Plain.
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The Opossum (Didelphys virginianus), the Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargentatus), the Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger), are animals characteristic of this division, and among the birds we find such well known southern forms as Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), Cardinal or Red-bird (Cardinalis cardinalis,) Gnatcatcher (Polioplila caerulea), Mocking bird (Mimus polyglottos).
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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