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  2. Bird migration - Wikipedia

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    [34] [35] However most bird migration is in the range of 150 to 600 m (490–2,000 ft). Bird strike Aviation records from the United States show most collisions occur below 600 m (2,000 ft) and almost none above 1,800 m (5,900 ft). [36] Bird migration is not limited to birds that can fly. Most species of penguin (Spheniscidae) migrate by ...

  3. Red-billed quelea - Wikipedia

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    The red-billed quelea (/ ˈ k w iː l i ə /; [3] Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small—approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing 15–26 g (0.53–0.92 oz)—migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa.

  4. Birds of North American boreal forests - Wikipedia

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    These are birds that more than half of the North American populations nest in the boreal forest. Many of these birds need mature forests or isolated, non-populated wetlands that now have been largely cleared outside of the boreal forests. Hooded merganser. Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator; American wigeon, Anas americana

  5. AP PHOTOS: Beijingers play fetch with migratory birds in ...

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    Players teach the birds to fetch by first throwing seeds into the air, and later replacing them with plastic beads. Every time the birds retrieve the beads, they are rewarded with a snack. In the ...

  6. Taiga flycatcher - Wikipedia

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    The taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811. The female has brown upper parts with a blackish tail flanked by white.

  7. Northern bald ibis - Wikipedia

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    Once the wild Turkish population became non-viable, the colony was maintained as a flock which was free-flying for most of the year but caged in autumn to prevent migration. [32] — Tagged Syrian breeders migrated south through Yemen in 2006 and returned via Eritrea. [33] — Birds from Birecik visited the Syrian colony at Palmyra. [34]

  8. List of birds of North America - Wikipedia

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    The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.

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