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Mallard, a very common resident. Eiders, common on northern coasts. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Northern Ireland. The avifauna of Northern Ireland include a total of 371 species, of which 10 have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of the International ...
The average global population of all mature birds is estimated to be on the order of 100 billion individuals. [1] [2] [3] The total population including younglings is somewhat higher during the breeding season of each species. [3] This list is incomplete, because experts have not estimated all bird numbers.
These doves are one of the most harvested migratory game birds in North America. Hunters killed approximately 11 million mourning doves in 2020 and 9 million the following year, according to the U ...
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The Atlantic puffin is a migratory bird to Ireland, common at coastal areas. About 400 bird species have been recorded in Ireland. Many of these species are migratory. There are Arctic birds, which come in the winter, and birds such as the swallow, which come from Africa in the summer to breed.
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Common chaffinch, Fringilla ...
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