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	Turdidae -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In this species, 13 cm (5 inches) long, the male is fl above, with white neck patch and a smudge of reddish colour on the white underparts; the female is brownish and dark-hooded.
		The bluethroat is aobut 14 centimetres (5 inches) long and has a bright blue throat, incorporating a crescentic spot of red or white, depending on the subspecies.
		In the large thrush family of birds are some of the finest singers—the robin, the bluebird, and the nightingale, as well as those commonly known as thrushes.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9073823?tocId=9073823 (663 words)

	THRUSH (BIRD) FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The Thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old_World.
		They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground.
		Traditionally it included the small Old World species, like the Nightingale and European_Robin in the subfamily Saxicolini, but now often either that group or the whole family is now placed in the Old_World_flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
	www.gottaorderflowers.com /Thrush_(bird) (137 words)

	Thrush page
		It has been difficult to define this family as its boundaries are constantly changing in the ornithological literature.
		Keith, Urban and Fry's (1992) Birds of Africa said: "We prefer to retain Turdidae as a family until its relationships with sister groups are worked out, while recognizing that this is probably in part an artificial grouping." When I first created this page in 1999, the Turdidae were a huge family of 365 species.
		I now follow this trend and restrict the Turdidae to 173 species in 20 to 24 genera of "true thrushes." The family still retains the familiar genus Turdus — examples of which include the widespread and familiar American Robin T.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/thrushes.html (1524 words)

	Search Results for thrush - Encyclopædia Britannica
		any of the 190 species belonging to the songbird family Turdidae (order Passeriformes) that are generally smaller and have slenderer legs and more colourful plumage than true, or typical, thrushes.
		They are of slender build and have rather drab plumage and rich songs—qualities reminiscent of the European...
		The bluethroat is aobut 14 centimetres (5 inches) long and has a bright blue...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=thrush&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (509 words)

	Redstart, Birds, Redstart, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Date : 10/13/2005 Time : 6:50:04 PM The redstart is a small Old World bird, Phoenicurus phoenicurus, of the thrush family, Turdidae, widely distributed throughout Europe and western Asia.
		It is about 13 cm (5.5 in) long and has a rusty red rump and tail and, in the male, an orange breast and fl bib.
		The genus Myioborus of the wood warbler family contains 11 species known as redstarts, including M. picta, the painted redstart, which ranges from the southwestern United States into Nicaragua.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=79 (191 words)

	AllRefer.com - nightingale (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		nightingale, common name for a migratory Old World bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family), celebrated for its vocal powers.
		The bulbul, a prodigious songster of Persian literature, was once thought to be a nightingale but has been identified with another family; the Virginia nightingale is a grosbeak; and the Pekin, or Japanese, nightingale belongs to the babbler family.
		Nightingales are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Turdidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/nighting.html (227 words)

	Castanea: Hermit Thrush is the First Observed Dispersal Agent for Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
		The other, hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus (Turdidae), was a dispersal agent for the plants.
		Birds have been observed to disperse the fruits of 22 species of tropical Lauraceae (Wheelwright 1986) as well as of the spicebush.
		Fruits of spice-bush are used often by wood thrushes, Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin) (Turdidae), veeries, Catharus fuscescens (Stephens) (Turdidae), American robins, hermit thrushes, Catharus guttatus (Pallas) (Turdidae), northern flickers, Colaptes auratus (L.) (Picidae), eastern kingbirds, northern mockingbirds, Mimus polyglottes (L.) (Mimidae), and brown thrashers, Toxostoma rufum (L.) (Mimidae), and perhaps others (Martin et al.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4060/is_200403/ai_n9391552 (1399 words)

	northern olive thrush, Turdus olivaceus (Passeriformes: Turdidae) @ Invasive.org
		northern olive thrush, Turdus olivaceus (Passeriformes: Turdidae) @ Invasive.org
		Aves > Passeriformes > Turdidae > Turdus olivaceus Linnaeus
		Invasive.org is a joint project of The Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ.
	www.invasive.org /browse/subimages.cfm?SUB=4009 (70 words)

	bluebird on Encyclopedia.com
		common name for a North American migratory bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family).
		The eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis, is among the first spring arrivals in the North.
		Bluebirds are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Turdidae.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b1/bluebird.asp (467 words)

	Swainson's Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are fifteen members of the Turdidae family in the United States which include Thrushes, Bluebirds and Robins
		Three hundred and thirty-six species of birds make up the Turdidae family worldwide
		Approximate size 7" x 5" at 300 dpi
	www.pelicanman.org /html/pmbs3_251.htm (66 words)

	Bluebird - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		bluebird, common name for a North American migratory bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family).
		, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Turdidae.
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	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=BALATON&enc=6075 (282 words)

	Merriam-Webster Online
		turdidae is one of more than 1,000,000 entries available at Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com.
		For More Information on "turdidae" go to Britannica.com
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	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Turdidae (55 words)

	Townsend's solitare, Myadestes townsendi (Passeriformes: Turdidae) @ Forestry Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Townsend's solitare, Myadestes townsendi (Passeriformes: Turdidae) @ Forestry Images
		Aves > Passeriformes > Turdidae > Myadestes townsendi (Audubon)
		Forestry Images is a joint project of The Bugwood Network and USDA Forest Service.
	www.forestryimages.org /browse/subimages.cfm?SUB=7169 (77 words)

	Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Passeriformes: Turdidae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Passeriformes: Turdidae
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		This family of birds is known as the Thrush family and includes species such as the Bluebirds, Solitaires, Robins, and, of course, the Thrushes.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=193139 (78 words)

	Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Passeriformes: Turdidae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Passeriformes: Turdidae
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		Northern Wheatear in New York - Identification and sexing of a Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) at Smith's Point Park, Long Island, September 2001.
	dmoz.org /Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae (78 words)

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