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The American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is one of North America’s most widespread, familiar, and well-loved songbirds. Although homesick settlers named it after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast,

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Don’t let its plain-sounding name fool you: The Gray-bellied Comet is dazzling. In the right light, the upper sides of this large hummingbird shimmer with greens, blues, and bronzy oranges.

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With inky, jet-black plumage and crimson eyes, the male Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) shines in the desert scrub of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. Often described as a “black cardinal with