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Birds Sanderling – Animals Coloring Book Pages Sheet

The sanderling is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English sand-yrðling, “sand-ploughman”. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alba is Latin for “white”.

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Birds Rook – Animals Coloring Book Pages Sheet

The rook is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in Eurasia. It was given its binomial name by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, The binomial is from Latin; Corvus is for “raven”, and frugilegus is Latin for “fruit-gathering”, from frux, frugis, “fruit”, and legere, “to pick”.

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Birds Robin – Animals Coloring Book Pages Sheet

The American robin is a migratory songbird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the Old World flycatcher family.

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