Aves
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
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Play: Somateria mollissima has a FLIGHT of 3
Fact: Somateria mollissima is the largest duck found in Europe and in North America
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The Common Eider[pronunciation?] (Somateria mollissima) is a large (50–71 cm body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters. It can fly at speeds up to 113 km/h (70 mph).[2] The eider’s […] read more
California Quail
Callipepla californica 
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Play: Callipepla californica has a FLIGHT of 2
Fact: Callipepla californica like to have dust baths
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The California Quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the California Valley Quail or Valley Quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is the state bird of California. These birds have a curving crest or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown for females; the flanks are brown with white streaks. […] read more
Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
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• Fringilla coelebs has a FLIGHT of 2
• Fringilla coelebs has many names, including the “reduplicative shellapple shiltie.”
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The Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), also called by a wide variety of other names, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. The Common Chaffinch’s large double white wing bars, white tail edges and greenish rump easily identify this 14–16 cm long species. The breeding male is unmistakable, with his reddish underparts and a blue-grey cap. The […] read more
Nanday Parakeet
Nandayus nenday 
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• Nandayus nenday has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Nandayus nenday is often kept as a pet.
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The Nanday Parakeet (Nandayus nenday) also known as the Black-hooded Parakeet or Nanday Conure is a medium small mostly green neotropical parrot. The bird is native to South America from southeast Bolivia to southwest Brazil, central Paraguay and northern Argentina, from the region known as the pantanal. Caged birds have been released in some areas and the birds have established self-sustaining populations in Los Angeles, California, […] read more
Bali Mynah
Leucopsar rothschildi 
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• Leucopsar rothschildi has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Leucopsar rothschildi is restricted to the island of Bali in Indonesia.
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The Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Rothschild’s Mynah, Bali Starling, or Bali Mynah, locally known as Jalak Bali, is a medium-sized (up to 25 cm long), stocky myna, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, and black tips on the wings and tail. The bird has blue bare skin around the eyes, […] read more
European Bee-eater
Merops apiaster 
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• Merops apiaster has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Merops apiaster can eat as many as 250 bees per day.
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The European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, India and Sri Lanka. This species occurs as a spring overshoot north of its range, with occasional breeding […] read more