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Green Woodpecker

Green Woddpecker sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta

Green Woodpecker

The Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) is a bird that occurs in the west, and southwest Asia, and in most of Europe except on some islands in the north and is one of the most common woodpeckers in Europe.

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Pheasant

Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), come from Asia where the original birds occurs from the area west of the Caspian Sea and east into Southeast Asia and coastal areas along the Sea of Japan. Pheasants have been introduced to large parts of the world where they run wild.

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The Pheasant sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta

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Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) live in archipelagos and coastal areas. Cormorants are skilled divers and live exclusively from fishing. Characteristically, they sit upright with outstretched wings to dry after they have dived for fish.
Cormorants are colonial nesters, using trees or cliffs.

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African sacred ibis

The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis. Its sister species is the Australian white ibis.

African sacred ibis

Ruddy Duck

The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and the Andes Mountains of South America, one of the stiff-tailed ducks.

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Masked gnatcatcher

The masked gnatcatcher (Polioptila dumicola) is found in northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern and central Brazil.

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Icterine Warbler

The Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina) breeds in mainland Europe. The bird is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Egyptian goose

The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is native to Africa south of the Sahara and the Nile Valley.

Egyptian goose

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia and New Guinea. .

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Kookaburra

The Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

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Common Kestrel

The Kestrel is Belgium's National Bird.

The Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey. This falcon is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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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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