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classification: Aves
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Eastern Paradise Whydah
Vidua paradisaea
3 POINTS
• Vidua paradisaea has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Vidua paradisaea's black tail is almost three times as long as its body.
Warm, HotImage by Teh-Aguará teh-aguara.deviantart.com/Tude e Joao www.flickr.com/photos/55031801@N02/The Long-tailed Paradise Whydah or Eastern Paradise Whydah, Vidua paradisaea, is a small brown sparrow-like bird of Eastern Africa, from east Sudan to south Angola. During the breeding season the male molts into breeding plumage that consists of a black head and back, rusty brown breast, bright yellow nape, and buffy white abdomen with broad, [...]
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Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus
2 POINTS
• Nymphicus hollandicus has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Cockatiels are native to Australia.
Cool, Warm, HotImage by Renee LeCompte www.notonigon.com/Sarah A. R. M. www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmontano/The Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), also known as the Quarrion and the Weiro, is the smallest cockatoo endemic to Australia. They are prized as a household pet and companion parrot throughout the world and are relatively easy to breed. As a caged bird, cockatiels are second in popularity only to the Budgerigar.[2] Cockatiels are native [...]
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Southern Carmine Bee-Eater
Merops nubicoides
7 POINTS
• Merops nubicoides has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Merops nubicoides is a highly sociable species, and can be found across sub-equatorial Africa.
Warm, HotImage by Teh-Aguará teh-aguara.deviantart.com/The Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) (formerly Carmine Bee-eater) occurs across sub-equatorial Africa, ranging from KwaZulu-Natal and Namibia to Gabon, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya. This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured,striking bird, predominantly carmine in colouration, but with the crown and undertail coverts blue. Its usual habitat included [...]
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Tennessee Warbler
Oreothlypis peregrina
5 POINTS
• Oreothlypis peregrina has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Despite its common name, Oreothlypis peregrina neither breeds nor over-winters in the state of Tennessee.
Cool, WarmImage by Jacqueline Rae jacquelinerae.deviantart.com/Jerry Oldenettel www.flickr.com/photos/7457894@N04The Tennessee Warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA. It ismigratory, wintering in southern Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela, with a few stragglers going as far south as Ecuador. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. This bird was named from a specimen collected in Tennessee where it may appear [...]
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Horned Puffin
Fratercula corniculata
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7 POINTS
• Fratercula corniculata has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Fratercula corniculata nest in bluffs of fractured rock or crevices in cliff faces near the shoreline.
Cold, CoolImage by latyshoffa latyshoffa.deviantart.com/The Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is an auk, similar in appearance to the Atlantic Puffin; this bird’s bill is yellow at the base and red at the tip. It is a pelagic seabird that feeds primarily by diving for fish. It nests in colonies, often with other auks. The yellow bill plate grows before the breeding season and is shed [...]
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Mountain Kingfisher
Syma megarhyncha
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7 POINTS
• Syma megarhyncha has a MOVE of 2.
• Syma megarhyncha is found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Cool, Warm, HotImage by turtle-rn turtle-rn.deviantart.com/The Mountain Kingfisher (Syma megarhyncha) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist mountains. All kingfishers are short-tailed large-headed compact birds with long pointed bills. Like other Coraciiformes, they are [...]
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