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    Rooster

    Gallus gallus
    6 herbivore2
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    • Gallus gallus has a MOVE of 2.


    • Roosters can and will crow at any time of the day.

    Cool, Warm
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    Fir0002/Flagstaffotos www.flagstaffotos.com.au

    A rooster, also known as a cockerel, or a cock[1] is a male chicken (Gallus gallus) with the female being called a hen. Immature male chickens of less than a year’s age are called cockerels. The oldest term is “cock,” from Old English coc. The term “rooster” originates from the United States,[2] while in the United Kingdom and Ireland[3] the older term “cockerel” [...]

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    Great Cormorant

    Phalacrocorax carbo
    6 carnivore3
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    • Phalacrocorax carbo has a FLIGHT of 2.


    • The name cormorant comes from the Latin 'corvus marinus', which means 'sea crow'

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    JJ Harrison en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison

    The Great Cormorant is a large black bird, but there is a wide variation in size in the species wide range. Weight is reported from 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs)[1] to 5.3 kg (11.7 lbs),[2] with a typical range from 2.6 to 3.7 kg (5.7-8.2 lbs).[3] Length can vary from 70 to 102 cm (28–40 in) and wingspan from 121 to 160 cm (48–63 in). It [...]

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    Red-tailed Hawk

    Buteo jamaicensis
    6 carnivore3
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    • Buteo jamaicensis has a FLIGHT of 2.


    • Is one of three species refered to as "chickenhawk" within the United States.

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    The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the “chickenhawk,” though it rarely preys on chickens [2]. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies, and is [...]

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    Peregrine Falcon

    Falco peregrinus
    6 carnivore3
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    • Falco peregrinus has a FLIGHT of 2.

    Falco peregrinus became endangered before the 1970's due to DDT usage.

    Cool, Warm
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    The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the Peregrine,[2] and historically as the “Duck Hawk” in North America,[3] is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. The Peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching speeds of over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop,[4] making it the fastest extant member of [...]

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    Scarlet Macaw

    Ara macao
    6 herbivore2
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    • Ara macao has a FLIGHT of 2.

    • Ara macao make very loud, high & sometimes low-pitched, throaty sounds that can be heard from many miles away.

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    The Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) is a large, colorful macaw. It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia and Brazil in lowlands up to 500 m (1,640 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It has suffered from local extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but locally [...]

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    African Sacred Ibis

    Threskiornis aethiopicus
    6 carnivore3
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    9 POINTS

    • Threskiornis aethiopicus has a FLIGHT of 2.

    • Threskiornis aethiopicus must be placed adjacent to at least one WATER based containing card.

    Warm
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    The African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which breeds in sub-Saharan Africa, southeastern Iraq, and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth. It has also been introduced into France, Italy, Spain, and the United States (S. Florida). The bird nests in tree colonies, often with other [...]

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