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Cinereous Vulture

The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) is also known as the Black Vulture, Monk Vulture, or Eurasian Black Vulture. The Cinereous Vulture is a Eurasian species. The western limits of its range are in Spain and inland Portugal, with a reintroduced population in south France. They are found discontinuously to Greece, Turkey and throughout the central Middle East. Their range continues through Afghanistan eastwards to northern India to its eastern limits in central Asia, where they breed in northern Manchuria, Mongolia and Korea.

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Collared Dove

The Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) is found in Asia and Europe, and also recently introduced in North America.

Red Kite

The Red Kite (Milvus milvus) is found in the Western Palearctic region in Europe and northwest Africa.

Scarlet macaw

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is native to humid evergreen forests of tropical South America.

Scarlet macaw

Honduras' national bird

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Red-crowned crane

The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese crane, is a large east Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world.

Red-crowned crane

National bird of China.

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Whooper Swan

Finland's national bird.

The Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus ) is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan.

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Western scrub jay

The western scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica), is native to western North America. It ranges from southern Washington to central Texas and central Mexico.

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Rufous babbler

The rufous babbler (Turdoides subrufa) is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India.

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Andean Condor

The Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) is found in South America in the Andes, including the Santa Marta Mountains.

Andean Condor

Colombia's, Chile's and Ecuador's National Bird

Chile's national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta

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Swift-tailed kite

The swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus) is an elanid kite which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. It was formerly named Falco forficatus.

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Cuban Amazon

National Bird of the Cayman Islands

The Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala) also known as Cuban Parrot or the Rose-throated Parrot, is found in woodlands and dry forests of Cuba, the Bahamas and Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.

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American Oystercatcher

American Oystercatcher painting

The American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), occasionally called the American Pied Oystercatcher is found on the Atlantic coast of North America from New England to northern Florida, where it is also found on the Gulf coast, and south to northern South America. It is found also in the Pacific coast of Mexico, Central America and northern South America.

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Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher

Paradise Kingfisher is a bird drawing by Artmagenta

Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher

The Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera danae), also known as the Russet Paradise Kingfisher. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Carolina Wren

The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) is resident in the eastern half of the USA, the extreme south of Ontario, Canada, and the extreme northeast of Mexico.

Red-whiskered bulbul

The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia.

Amazon Kingfisher

The Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) is a resident breeding bird in the lowlands of the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, with at least one bird having strayed north to Texas.

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Cape Starling

The Cape Starling, Red-shouldered Glossy-starling or Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens) is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Hill Myna or Beo

Hill Myna

Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa), also called Beo, is a bird found in the three subspecies that vary in size: large, medium and small. Best known of these three is the small Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa indica) which originated from India, this bird is about 25 cm long and it is usually the one who kept in captivity. The large Hill Myna is coming from Indonesia. The Hill Mynan is monogamous (live in pairs), but when it is not breeding season, they like to live in flocks. What makes Hill Myna popular as a caged bird is its ability to learn to imitate sounds, noises, words and short sentences.

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Eastern Whip-poor-will

The Eastern Whip-poor-will, (Antrostomus vociferus), is a nightjar bird from North and Central America. The whip-poor-will is commonly heard within its range, but less often seen because of its superior camouflage. It is named onomatopoeically after its song.

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Canyon Wren

The Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) ranges from southern British Columbia in the Okanagan Valley and western and southern Idaho and southern Montana south through central Wyoming, Colorado throughout much of Mexico south to western Chiapas. It occurs east to southwest Oklahoma and in the Edwards Plateau of west-central Texas. Disjunct populations occur in the Black Stupidss of southwest South Dakota, northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana. During the winter season the distribution is generally the same, however; concentrations may occur in the Chihuahuan Desert of southeast Texas.

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