The Atlantic Canary (Serinus canaria) is known worldwide simply as wild Canary. The domestic Canary is a jailbird who descended from wild Canary that inhabit the Atlantic archipelagos of the Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira Island. It feeds primarily of seeds and plant parts and during breeding also by insects.
For over 500 years, humans have domesticated this finch. It is mainly the song that has made the canary so popular as pets.
Least Tern
The Least Tern (Sternula antillarum, formerly Sterna antillarum) is a species of tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern South America. It is migratory, wintering in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. Many spend their whole first year in their wintering area. It has occurred as a vagrant to Europe, with one record in Great Britain.
California Condor
The California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. This condor inhabits northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), coastal mountains of central and southern California, and northern Baja California. The condors live in rocky shrubland, coniferous forests, and oak savannas.Wild condors inhabit large territories, often traveling 250 km (160 mi) a day in search of carrion.
California Condor |
Winter Wren
The Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) occurs throughout most of Europe, in a belt of Asia from northern Iran and Afghanistan to Japan, and North America. The northern breeding populations are migratory.
Winter Wren painting |
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Hildebrandt's Starling
Atlantic Puffin
Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) nest in the North Sea, the northern Atlantic and Arctic Ocean at 80 degrees north latitude and in Europe, northern Asia and North America's shores. The largest colonies are in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Scotland, and the Lofoten Islands in Norway. It is a migratory bird.
Atlanric Puffin. |
Atlantic Puffin |
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