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|'''Ostrich'''

''Struthio camelus''

It can run at speeds of about 40 mph, the top land speed of any bird. The ostrich is the largest living species of bird and lays the largest egg of any bird species. It has just two toes on each foot (most birds have four), with the nail on the larger, inner toe resembling a hoof
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|'''Emu'''

genus ''Dromaius''

The emu is the second largest bird in the world and the largest bird native to Australia

Female emus court the males
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|'''Southern cassowary'''

(''Casuarius casuarius'')

The third tallest and second heaviest living bird, smaller only than the ostrich and emu

The most dangerous bird in the world. The blade-like claws are capable of killing humans and dogs if the bird is provoked
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|'''Kiwi'''

genus ''Apteryx''

Endemic to New Zealand. Kiwi is the only ratite that does not have a reduced number of toes. Kiwis lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world. Kiwi is the smallest living ratite
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|'''Kakapo'''

''Strigops habroptilus''

The world’s only flightless parrot, from New Zealand. Also called the owl parrot, it is nocturnal and ground-dwelling

The total known population is only 125 living individuals
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|'''Kea'''

''Nestor notabilis''

A parrot found in forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand. The Kea is one of the few recorded alpine parrots in the world. Destroys rubber parts of cars
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|'''Galah'''

Also known as the rose-breasted cockatoo or ‘pink and grey’

They are extremely noisy, often screeching, hanging upside down, dancing and playing

Galah is also derogatory Australian slang, synonymous with fool or idiot
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|'''Cockatiel'''

''Nymphicus hollandicus''

A member of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia

The cockatiel's distinctive erectile crest expresses the animal's emotional state
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|'''Laughing kookaburra'''

''Dacelo novaeguineae''

A carnivorous bird in the family Halcyonidae. Native to eastern Australia. Known for its laughing call. Previously known as the Laughing Jackass
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|'''Andean condor'''

''Vultur gryphus''

The largest largest flying land bird in South America

Heaviest bird of prey. Andean condor has a maximum wingspan of 3.2 m
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|'''Red-crowned crane'''

''Grus japonensis''

Famous for dances during the breeding season. Heaviest species of crane

Adult red-crowned cranes are named for a patch of red bare skin on the crown, which becomes brighter in the mating season
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|'''Resplendent quetzal'''

''Pharomachrus mocinno''

Plays an important role in Mesoamerican mythologies. The resplendent quetzal is Guatemala's national bird, and an image of it is on the flag and coat of arms of Guatemala. It is also the name of the local currency
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|'''Lyrebird'''

genus ''Menura''

They are most notable for their ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment. Lyrebirds are notable because of the striking beauty of the male bird's huge tail when it is fanned out in display; and also because of their courtship display
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|'''Bowerbird'''

family Ptilonorhynchidae

Bowerbirds are most known for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate
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|'''Butcherbird'''

genus ''Cracticus''

Similar to magpies. They get their name from their habit of impaling captured prey on a thorn, tree fork, or crevice. This "larder" is used to support the victim while it is being eaten, to store prey for later consumption, or to attract mates
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|'''Drongo'''

family Dicruridae

Small, insectivorous Australasian bird

The word drongo is used as a mild form of insult meaning "idiot". This usage derives from an Australian racehorse of the same name rather than the bird
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|'''Waxwing'''

genus ''Bombycilla''

Waxwings are characterised by their silky plumage. They have unique red tips to some of the wing feathers where the shafts extend beyond the barbs; these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its common name
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|'''Rhinoceros hornbill'''

''Buceros rhinoceros''

Characterized by a long, down-curved heavy bill. Hornbills are the only birds in which the first two neck vertebrae (the axis and atlas) are fused together. Many hornbill species have ‘casques’, decorative growths on the upper mandible of the bill

Mouth of the hornbill nest is a small slit through which the male feeds the female
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|'''Secretary bird'''

''Sagittarius serpentarius''

Looks like it has quill pens tucked behind the ear. It is a bird of prey endemic to Africa and kills snakes

It appears on the coats of arms of Sudan and South Africa
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|'''Bee hummingbird'''

''Mellisuga helenae''

With a mass around 1.6–2 g and a length of 5–6 cm, it is the smallest living bird

Hummingbirds have the highest metabolism of any homeothermic animal
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|'''Red-billed Quelea'''

''Quelea quelea''

The world's most abundant wild bird species, with an estimated adult breeding population of 1.5 billion pairs. The distribution area of the Red-billed Quelea covers the majority of sub-Saharan Africa
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|'''Booby'''

genus ''Sula''

Blue-footed and red-footed species

Their name was possibly based on the Spanish slang term ''bobo'', meaning "stupid", as these tame birds had a habit of landing on board sailing ships
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|'''Great northern loon'''

''Gavia immer''

Known as the great northern diver in Eurasia

Well known in Canada, appearing on the one-dollar "loonie" coin and the previous series of $20 bills, and is the provincial bird of Ontario
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|'''Pitohui'''

genus ''Pitohui''

Poisonous bird. The skin and feathers of some pitohuis, especially the variable and hooded pitohuis, contain powerful neurotoxic alkaloids

Endemic to New Guinea
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|'''Common poorwill'''

''Phalaenoptilus nuttallii''

Nocturnal bird in the nightjar family

The only bird known to go into torpor for extended periods. Such an extended period of torpor is close to a state of hibernation, not known among other birds
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|'''Baltimore oriole'''

''Icterus galbula''

It received its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore. It is the inspiration for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team
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|'''Northern cardinal'''

''Cardinalis cardinalis''

Also known as the redbird

It is the mascot of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball's National League and the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League
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|'''Spoonbill'''

family Threskiornithidae

Wading birds. All spoonbills have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly opened bill from side to side
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|'''Eurasian bittern'''

''Botaurus stellaris''

Also known as the great bittern

A wading bird in the heron family. The mating call or contact call of the male is a deep, sighing fog-horn or bull-like "boom"
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|'''Roadrunner'''

genus ''Geococcyx''

Also known as a chaparral bird. A fast-running (up to 20 mph) ground cuckoo that has a long tail and a crest

Wile E. Coyote tries to catch a roadrunner in the ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons
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|'''Cormorant'''

family Phalacrocoracidae

There is no consistent distinction between "cormorants" and "shags"

Humans have used cormorants' fishing skills in China and Japan, where they have been trained by fishermen
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|'''Great egret'''

''Ardea alba''

Also known as the common egret or great white heron

Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white or have decorative plumes
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|'''Goldcrest'''

''Regulus regulus''

Known as the "king of the birds" in European folklore. Member of the kinglet family

The goldcrest is the smallest European bird. It has greenish upper-parts, whitish under-parts, and has two white wingbars
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|'''Pied avocet'''

''Recurvirostra avosetta''

The pied avocet was extinct as a breeding species in Great Britain by 1840. Its successful recolonisation at Minsmere, Suffolk, in 1947 led to its adoption as the logo of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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|'''Northern lapwing'''

''Vanellus vanellus''

Also known as the peewit (from its cry), green plover, or (in the British Isles) just lapwing (which refers to its peculiar, erratic way of flying). It has rounded wings and a crest
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|'''Great bustard'''

''Otis tarda''

Possibly the heaviest living flying animal. It also arguably the most sexual dimorphic extant bird species, in terms of the size difference between males and females

It was hunted out of existence in Britain by the 1840s. In 2004, a project overseeing the reintroduction to Salisbury Plain in using eggs taken from Russia was undertaken
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|'''Red kite'''

''Milvus milvus''

By the 20th century, the breeding population was restricted to a handful of pairs in South Wales, but recently the Welsh population has been supplemented by re-introductions in England and Scotland
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|'''Western capercaillie'''

''Tetrao urogallus''

Also known as the wood grouse or heather cock. Largest member of the grouse family

The word capercaillie is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic capull coille, meaning "horse of the woods"
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|'''Rock ptarmigan'''

''Lagopus muta''

A medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family. It is seasonally camouflaged; its feathers moult from white in winter to brown in spring. It is the only British bird to change plumage between winter and summer
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|'''Barn owl'''

''Tyto alba''

The most widely distributed species of owl and the most widespread landbird species in the world, occurring in every continent except Antarctica. The face is characteristically heart-shaped and is white. This owl does not hoot, but utters an eerie shriek
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|'''Tawny owl'''

''Strix aluco''

Also known as the brown owl

Mentioned in ''Love's Labour's Lost'' "Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who"
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|'''Great grey owl'''

''Strix nebulosa''

World's largest species of owl by length

Adults have a large rounded head with a grey face and yellow eyes
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|'''Eurasian eagle-owl'''

''Bubo bubo''

One of the largest living species of owl

It has distinctive ear tufts and orange eyes
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|'''Emperor penguin'''

''Aptenodytes forsteri''

The tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species. Endemic to Antarctica

The only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter. The female lays a single egg, which is incubated by the male while the female returns to the sea to feed
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|'''Macaroni penguin'''

''Eudyptes chrysolophus''

One of six species of crested penguin, it is very closely related to the royal penguin

English sailors in the Falkland Islands apparently named the species for its conspicuous yellow crest
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|'''Adélie penguin'''

''Pygoscelis adeliae''

They are named after the Antarctic territory of Adélie Land, in turn named for the wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville who discovered the penguins in 1840
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|'''Galapagos penguin'''

''Spheniscus mendiculus''

Endemic to the Galapagos Islands. It is the only penguin that lives north of the equator in the wild
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 A medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family. It is seasonally camouflaged; its feathers moult  from white in winter to brown in spring. It is the only  British bird to change plumage between winter and summer
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 |'''Barn owl'''
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 The most widely  distributed species of owl and the most widespread landbird species in the  world, occurring in every continent except Antarctica. The face is  characteristically heart-shaped and is white. This owl does not hoot, but  utters an eerie shriek
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 |'''Tawny owl'''
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 Mentioned in  ''Love's Labour's Lost'' "Then nightly sings the staring owl,  Tu-whit; Tu-who"
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 |'''Great grey owl'''
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 Adults have a  large rounded head with a grey face and yellow eyes
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 It has  distinctive ear tufts and orange eyes
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 |'''Emperor penguin'''
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 The only  penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter. The female lays a  single egg, which is incubated by the male while the female returns to the  sea to feed
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 |'''Macaroni penguin'''
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 English  sailors in the Falkland Islands apparently named the species for its  conspicuous yellow crest
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 |'''Adélie penguin'''
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 They are  named after the Antarctic territory of Adélie Land, in turn named for the  wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville who discovered the penguins in  1840
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 |'''Galapagos penguin'''

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 Wile E.  Coyote tries to catch a roadrunner in the ''Looney  Tunes'' cartoons
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 |'''Cormorant'''
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 Humans have  used cormorants' fishing skills in China and Japan, where they have been  trained by fishermen
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 |'''Great  egret'''
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 Egrets are not a biologically  distinct group from the herons, and tend to be named differently because they  are mainly white or have decorative plumes
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 |'''Goldcrest'''
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 The goldcrest  is the smallest European bird. It has greenish upper-parts, whitish  under-parts, and has two white wingbars
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 |'''Pied  avocet'''
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 The pied  avocet was extinct as a breeding species in Great Britain by 1840. Its  successful recolonisation at Minsmere, Suffolk, in 1947 led to its adoption  as the logo of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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 |'''Northern  lapwing'''
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 Also known as  the peewit (from its cry), green plover, or (in the British  Isles) just lapwing (which  refers to its peculiar, erratic way of flying). It has rounded wings and a  crest
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 |'''Great  bustard'''
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 It was hunted  out of existence in Britain by the 1840s. In 2004, a project overseeing the  reintroduction to Salisbury Plain in using eggs taken from Russia was  undertaken
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 |'''Red kite'''
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 By the 20th  century, the breeding population was restricted to a handful of pairs in South  Wales, but recently the Welsh population has been supplemented by  re-introductions in England and Scotland
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 |'''Western  capercaillie'''
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 The word capercaillie is a corruption of the  Scottish Gaelic capull coille,  meaning "horse of the woods"
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 |'''Rock ptarmigan'''

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 Well known in  Canada, appearing on the one-dollar "loonie" coin and the previous  series of $20 bills, and is the provincial bird of Ontario
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 |'''Pitohui'''
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 Endemic to  New Guinea
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 |'''Common poorwill'''
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 The only bird  known to go into torpor for extended periods. Such an extended period of  torpor is close to a state of hibernation, not known among other birds
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 |'''Baltimore oriole'''
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 ''Icterus  galbula''
-It received  its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms  of Lord Baltimore. It is the inspiration for the Baltimore Orioles baseball  team
+It received  its name from the resemblance of the male's colours to those on the coat-of-arms  of Lord Baltimore. It is the inspiration for the Baltimore Orioles baseball  team
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 |'''Northern cardinal'''
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 It is the mascot  of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball's National League and the  Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League
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 |'''Spoonbill'''
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 Wading birds.  All spoonbills have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through  shallow water, sweeping the partly opened bill from side to side
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 |'''Eurasian bittern'''
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 A wading bird  in the heron family. The mating call or contact call of the male is a deep,  sighing fog-horn or bull-like "boom"
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 |'''Roadrunner'''

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 Adult  red-crowned cranes are named for a patch of red bare skin on the crown, which  becomes brighter in the mating season
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 |'''Resplendent quetzal'''
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 Plays an  important role in Mesoamerican mythologies. The resplendent quetzal is Guatemala's  national bird, and an image of it is on the flag and coat of arms of  Guatemala. It is also the name of the local currency
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 |'''Lyrebird'''
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 They are most  notable for their ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their  environment. Lyrebirds are notable because of the striking beauty of the male  bird's huge tail when it is fanned out in display; and also because of their  courtship display
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 |'''Bowerbird'''
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 Bowerbirds are most  known for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and  decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract  a mate
 |-
+|[[File:Butcherbird.jpg|none|thumb]]
 |'''Butcherbird'''
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 Similar to  magpies. They get  their name from their habit of impaling captured prey on a thorn, tree fork,  or crevice. This "larder" is used to support the victim  while it is being eaten, to store prey for later consumption, or to attract  mates
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 |'''Drongo'''
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 The word drongo is used as a mild form of  insult meaning "idiot". This usage derives from an Australian  racehorse of the same name rather than the bird
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 |'''Waxwing'''
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 Waxwings are  characterised by their silky plumage. They have unique red tips to some of  the wing feathers where the shafts extend beyond the barbs; these tips look  like sealing wax, and give the group its common name
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 |'''Rhinoceros hornbill'''
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 Mouth of the hornbill nest is a small slit through  which the male feeds the female
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 |'''Secretary bird'''
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 It appears on  the coats of arms of Sudan and South Africa
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 |'''Bee hummingbird'''
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 Hummingbirds have  the highest metabolism of any homeothermic animal
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 |'''Red-billed Quelea'''
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 The world's most abundant wild bird species, with  an estimated adult breeding population of 1.5 billion pairs. The distribution  area of the Red-billed Quelea covers the majority of sub-Saharan Africa
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 |'''Booby'''
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 Their name  was possibly based on the Spanish slang term ''bobo'', meaning  "stupid", as these tame birds had a habit of landing on board  sailing ships
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 |'''Great northern loon'''

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 |'''Ostrich'''
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 It can run at speeds  of about 40 mph, the top land speed of any bird. The ostrich is the largest  living species of bird and lays the largest egg of any bird species. It has just  two toes on each foot (most birds have four), with the nail on the larger,  inner toe resembling a hoof
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 |'''Emu'''
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 Female emus court the males
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 |'''Southern cassowary'''
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 The most dangerous bird in the world. The  blade-like claws are capable of killing humans and dogs if the bird is  provoked
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 |'''Kiwi'''
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 Endemic to New Zealand. Kiwi is the only ratite that does not have a reduced number of  toes. Kiwis lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species  of bird in the world. Kiwi is the smallest living ratite
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 |'''Kakapo'''
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 The world’s only  flightless parrot, from New Zealand. Also called the owl parrot, it is nocturnal and ground-dwelling
-The total  known population is only 125 living individuals
+The total  known population is only 200 living individuals
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 |'''Kea'''
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 A parrot found in  forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand. The Kea is  one of the few recorded alpine parrots in the world. Destroys rubber parts of  cars
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 |'''Galah'''
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 Galah is also  derogatory Australian slang, synonymous with fool or idiot
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 |'''Cockatiel'''
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 The  cockatiel's distinctive erectile crest expresses the animal's emotional state
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 |'''Laughing kookaburra'''
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 A carnivorous bird in  the family Halcyonidae. Native to eastern Australia. Known for its laughing  call. Previously known as the Laughing  Jackass
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 |'''Andean condor'''
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 Heaviest bird of prey. Andean  condor has a maximum wingspan of 3.2 m
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 |'''Red-crowned crane'''

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 The emu is  the second largest bird in the world  and the largest  bird native to Australia
 Female emus court the males
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 The third tallest  and second heaviest living bird, smaller only than the ostrich and emu
 The most dangerous bird in the world. The  blade-like claws are capable of killing humans and dogs if the bird is  provoked
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 The world’s only  flightless parrot, from New Zealand. Also called the owl parrot, it is nocturnal and ground-dwelling
 The total  known population is only 125 living individuals
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 |'''Galah'''
 Also known as  the rose-breasted cockatoo or  ‘pink and grey’
 They are extremely noisy, often  screeching, hanging upside down, dancing and playing
 Galah is also  derogatory Australian slang, synonymous with fool or idiot
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 A member of the cockatoo  family endemic to Australia
 The  cockatiel's distinctive erectile crest expresses the animal's emotional state
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 The largest largest flying land  bird in South America
 Heaviest bird of prey. Andean  condor has a maximum wingspan of 3.2 m
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 Famous for dances during the  breeding season. Heaviest species of crane
 Adult  red-crowned cranes are named for a patch of red bare skin on the crown, which  becomes brighter in the mating season
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 Small, insectivorous Australasian bird
 The word drongo is used as a mild form of  insult meaning "idiot". This usage derives from an Australian  racehorse of the same name rather than the bird
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 Looks like it has quill pens tucked behind the ear. It  is a bird of prey endemic to Africa and kills snakes
 It appears on  the coats of arms of Sudan and South Africa
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 With a mass  around 1.6–2 g and a length of 5–6 cm, it is the smallest living  bird
 Hummingbirds have  the highest metabolism of any homeothermic animal
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 Blue-footed  and red-footed species
 Their name  was possibly based on the Spanish slang term ''bobo'', meaning  "stupid", as these tame birds had a habit of landing on board  sailing ships
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 Known as the great northern diver in  Eurasia
 Well known in  Canada, appearing on the one-dollar "loonie" coin and the previous  series of $20 bills, and is the provincial bird of Ontario
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 Poisonous  bird. The skin and feathers of some pitohuis, especially the variable and hooded  pitohuis, contain powerful neurotoxic alkaloids
 Endemic to  New Guinea
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 Nocturnal bird in the nightjar family
 The only bird  known to go into torpor for extended periods. Such an extended period of  torpor is close to a state of hibernation, not known among other birds
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 Also known as the redbird
 It is the mascot  of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball's National League and the  Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League
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 Also known as the great bittern
 A wading bird  in the heron family. The mating call or contact call of the male is a deep,  sighing fog-horn or bull-like "boom"
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 Also known as  a chaparral bird. A  fast-running (up to 20 mph) ground cuckoo that has a long tail and a crest
 Wile E.  Coyote tries to catch a roadrunner in the ''Looney  Tunes'' cartoons
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 There is no  consistent distinction between "cormorants" and "shags"
 Humans have  used cormorants' fishing skills in China and Japan, where they have been  trained by fishermen
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 Also known as  the common egret or great white heron
 Egrets are not a biologically  distinct group from the herons, and tend to be named differently because they  are mainly white or have decorative plumes
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 Known as the "king of the  birds" in European folklore. Member of the kinglet family
 The goldcrest  is the smallest European bird. It has greenish upper-parts, whitish  under-parts, and has two white wingbars
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 Also known as  the wood grouse or heather cock. Largest member of the grouse  family
 The word capercaillie is a corruption of the  Scottish Gaelic capull coille,  meaning "horse of the woods"
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 |'''Barn owl'''
 ''Tyto alba''
 The most widely  distributed species of owl and the most widespread landbird species in the  world, occurring in every continent except Antarctica. The face is  characteristically heart-shaped and is white. This owl does not hoot, but  utters an eerie shriek
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 |'''Tawny owl'''
 ''Strix aluco''
 Also known as  the brown owl
 Mentioned in  ''Love's Labour's Lost'' "Then nightly sings the staring owl,  Tu-whit; Tu-who"