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Temminck's Stint

Temminck's stint

Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) breed in northern Europe and Asia, in Russia and in the mountain areas of Scandinavia, and sometimes in Scotland.

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European Nightjar

The Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) is a nocturnal bird that breeds in Eurasia and northwestern Africa.

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European stonechat

The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

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Turquoise-browed motmot

The turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico, to Costa Rica.

Turquoise-browed motmot

National bird of El Salvador

El Salvador's national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta

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Song Sparrow

The Song Sparrow (Melospiza Melodia) breeds locally in Alaska and Mexico, and across much of Canada, the United States.

Secretarybird

National bird of Sudan.

Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is found in Africa from the region directly south of the Sahara to South Africa. Most individuals are living in the savanna.

Swift

The Swift's (Apus apus) breeding range extends over the Palearctic region. During the winter of the northern hemisphere, the Swift is found between Equatorial Africa and South Africa.

Scoter

Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) nest in the northern regions of Europe and western Asia. The American Melanitta americana (Black Scoter) is sometimes considered a subspecies of Melanitta nigra.

Red-necked Phalarope

The Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) breed in the arctic regions of northern Europe, Asia and North America.

Hazel Grouse

Hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) nests in a belt from Scandinavia across Russia and away to China and Japan. The Hazel Grouse is a resident bird.

Red-throated Pipit

Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) nests in northern Europe and Asia and is found in northern Alaska. It is a far migrant that winters in Africa, South and Southeast Asia and along the U.S. west coast.

Red-winged Blackbird

The Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a bird species that live in North America, with scattered populations down to South America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the southern United States.

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Bar-Tailed Godwit

The Bar-Tailed Godwit(Limosa lapponica) is a long migratory bird that nests in the tundra of northern Europe, Asia and western Alaska. The Bar-Tailed Godwit movses in flocks to the coasts of western Europe, Africa, South Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Sometimes birds from Europe and Asia occurs at North America's coasts during winter.

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Purple Sandpiper

The Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) breeds on the tundra in northwestern Europe, northern Siberia and its islands, including the Arctic islands in Canada and the coastal areas of Greenland and also in the Faroe Islands, Scotland and Svalbard.

Red-throated Loon

Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) is an aquatic bird found in the temperate region of the Northern Hemisphere. In winter the loon is found as far south as Mexico, Mediterranean, Turkey, Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

Chipping Sparrow

The Chipping Sparrows (Spizella passerina) vary across their extensive North American range.

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Common Yellowthroat

The Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) is a New World warbler. They are abundant breeders in North America, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico. Northern races are migratory, wintering in the southern parts of the breeding range, Central America and the West Indies.

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Yellow-legged gull

The yellow-legged gull's (Larus michahellis) breeding range is centred on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Short-toed lark

The short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) breeds in southern Europe, north-west Africa, and across temperate Asia from Turkey and southern Russia to Mongolia.

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Leach's storm petrel

The Leach's storm petrel or Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) breeds on inaccessible islands in the colder northern areas of the Atlantic and Pacific.

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