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Connecticut State Bird

American RobinConnecticut State Bird: American Robin - Thrush - Thrush

 (Turdus migratorius)

Adopted in 1943.

The American Robin was adopted as the official Connecticut State Bird by the General Assembly in 1943. The name Robin is applied to a number of familiar birds, but in North America it is the migratory thrush. (Turdus migratorius.)

The Connecticut's Robin, a true thrush, is a migratory bird with a reddish brown or tawny breast and a loud cheery song. It was first called Robin by the early colonists, in remembrance of the beloved English bird. Despite the protests of some naturalists, we still retain that traditional name.

Familiar in the summertime throughout North America, the American Robin is seen from Alaska to Virginia. Most people do not know that many Robins spend the entire winter in New England. They roost among the evergreens in the swamps where they feed on winter berries.

Description of the Connecticut State Bird: Robin

  • Length: 8.5 inches
  • Black to dark gray head
  • Broken eye ring
  • Dull red breast and belly
  • White undertail coverts
  • Gray upperparts
  • Streaked throat
  • Thin yellow bill
  • Sexes similar-female somewhat paler
  • Winter plumage is somewhat paler than Summer plumage
  • Juveniles have spotted, whiter breasts
  • Common in residential areas where it often forages on lawns
  • Often sings very early in morning
  • Often found in large flocks outside of breeding season

Statute

Connecticut General Statutes, Title 3, Chapter 33, Section 3-109.

TITLE 3 - STATE ELECTIVE OFFICERS.
CHAPTER 33 - SECRETARY.
SECTION 3-109.

Sec. 3-109. State bird. The American robin, Turdus migratorius, shall be the state bird.

(1949 Rev., S. 3583.)

Taxonomic Hierarchy of the American Robin

Kingdom Animalia -- animals
Phylum Chordata -- chordates
Subphylum    Vertebrata -- vertebrates
Class Aves -- birds
Order Passeriformes -- perching birds
Family Muscicapidae -- old world flycatchers
Genus Turdus Linnaeus, 1758 -- robins
Species Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 -- american robin, Mirlo primavera
Official State Birds
US map : Birds & Flowers
Bird:

a. Any of the class Aves of warm-blooded, egg-laying, feathered vertebrates with forelimbs modified to form wings.
b. Such an animal hunted as game.
c. Such an animal, especially a chicken or turkey, used as food

State Bird:

a. Bird selected (as by the legislature) as an emblem of a state of the United States.

NOTE: Many states have more than one official bird, or have designate state birds more specifically.
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