Birds of America

By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.

State Birds

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Rhode Island Red

The Rhode Island state bird, the Rhode Island Red, is a domestic bird (chicken) and therefore has no place in Audubon's Birds of America, which is comprised exclusively of wild birds native to North America.

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