classification: Aves

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    European Starling

    Sturnus vulgaris
    5 omnivore3
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    • Sturnus Vulgaris has a FLIGHT of 2.
    • S. Vulgaris is considered to be an INVASIVE species of Aves cards of identical scale and food chain rank.

    • These birds are known to gather in huge flocks (sometimes as large as 1 million birds!).

    Cold, Cool, Warm
    Image by Tricia Arnold babbletrish.blogspot.com/
    Mark Robinson en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Starling

    The European Starling, Common Starling or just Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a passerine bird in the family Sturnidae. This species of starling is native to most of temperate Europe and western Asia. It is resident in southern and western Europe and southwestern Asia, while northeastern populations migrate south and west in winter to these regions, [...]

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    Royal Starling

    Cosmopsarus regius
    5 omnivore3
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    5 POINTS

    • Cosmopsarus regius has a FLIGHT of 2.


    The eggs of Cosmopsarus regius are light green with red speckles.

    Warm, Hot
    Image by Gina Allnatt ginasketch.carbonmade.com
    Taran Rampersad www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/

    The Golden-breasted Starling, Cosmopsarus regius also known as Royal Starling is a medium-sized, up to 35cm long, passerine in the starling family. The adult has a metallic green head and upperback, bright golden yellow breast and belly, dark bill and legs, white iris and metallic violet blue on wings, back, neck and its long tail [...]

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    Rock Pigeon

    Columba livia
    5 herbivore2
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    2 POINTS

    • Columba livia has a FLIGHT of 3.

    • Columba livia is considered to be an INVASIVE species of Aves cards of identical scale and food chain rank.

    Cool, Warm
    Image by Randy Laybourne lookforwardtothepast.com
    TexasEagle www.flickr.com/people/texaseagle/

    The Rock Pigeon (Columba livia), or Rock Dove, is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons).[3] In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the “pigeon”. The species includes the domestic pigeon, and escaped domestic pigeons have given rise to the Feral Pigeon.[4] Wild Rock Pigeons are pale grey [...]

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    House Sparrow

    Passer domesticus
    5 herbivore2
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    2 POINTS

    • Passer domesticus has a FLIGHT of 2.

    • Passer domesticus is considered to be an INVASIVE species of Aves cards of identical scale and food chain rank.

    Cold, Cool, Warm
    Image by Tricia Arnold babbletrish.blogspot.com
    Alan Vernon www.flickr.com/photos/alanvernon/

    The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a species of passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is also known by the alternative vernacular names English Sparrow, Indian Sparrow, and Spatzie or Spotsie. It occurs naturally in most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia. It has also been intentionally or accidentally introduced [...]

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    Winter Wren

    Troglodytes troglodytes
    5 herbivore2
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    4 POINTS

    • Troglodytes troglodytes has a FLIGHT of 2.

    Cold, Cool, Warm
    Image by Gaynor Fox phylogame.org
    Ómar Runólfsson www.fluidr.com/photos/omarrun/interesting

    The Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), also known as the Northern Wren, is a very small bird, a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It is the only one of nearly sixty species in the family that occurs in the Old World; in Anglophone Europe it is commonly known simply as the Wren, [...]

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    Adelie Penguin

    Pygoscelis adeliae
    5 carnivore3
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    6 POINTS

    • Pygoscelis adeliae has a MOVE of 2.
    Cold
    Image by naturalismus www.flickr.com/photos/naturalismus/
    ¡WOUW! www.flickr.com/photos/44079186@N00/

    The Adélie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, is a species of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast and its nearby islands. They are among the most southerly distributed of all seabirds, along with the Emperor Penguin, South Polar Skua, Wilson’s Storm Petrel, Snow Petrel, and Antarctic Petrel. In 1830, French explorer Jules Dumont d’Urville named them [...]

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