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Common Loon
“An underwater hunting expert” Though awkward on land, the common loon bird is a graceful hunter on the water. This…
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Chinstrap Penguin
“The largest chinstrap penguin colony has more penguins than San Francisco has people!” The chinstrap penguin is the most abundant of all…
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Gentoo Penguin
“The Gentoo Penguin is known to be the fastest swimming penguin in the world” Gentoo Penguins are, much like the…
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Tropicbird
Tropicbirds is the common name given to one of three species of seagoing birds that are part of the Phaethontidae…
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Magpie
Bold enough to ride the backs of deer and clever enough to recognize their own reflection, these black-and-white birds live…
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Cassowary
Though it’s true these birds will attack humans, they seem to only do so when they’re provoked, frightened, defending eggs…
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Magellanic Penguin
“Magellanic penguins are fast swimmers reaching speeds of 15 mph or more.” Magellanic penguins live on both the Pacific and…
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Royal Penguin
“A Single Event Could Wipe Out Royal Penguins” Residents of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters, the royal penguin remains “a…
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Frigatebird
There are five species of frigatebirds found along tropical and subtropical coasts worldwide. These birds can fly for hours, days,…
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Kiwi
New Zealand's national bird looks and behaves more like a mammal than a bird, and its survival story is stranger…
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Bird
From dinosaur descendants that mastered the skies to flightless swimmers navigating icy seas, the world's 11,000-plus bird species reveal just…
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Dodo
History remembered it as a bumbling fool, but the bird that roamed Mauritius for millions of years was anything but.…
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Long-Eared Owl
This medium-sized owl hides in plain sight by stretching flat against tree bark, refuses to build its own home, and…
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Avocet
The avocet is a genus of wading birds that reside close to freshwater and saltwater bodies all over the world.…
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Crested Penguin
The crested penguin has long yellow eyebrows. It lives in the watery areas off of a rocky Antarctic island named…
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Humboldt Penguin
“Humboldt Penguins are piscivores!” Capable of swimming up to 30 miles an hour, the Humboldt penguin is a very interesting…
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Booby
“Booby birds have a wingspan of around 5 feet” The booby is a seabird that lives in the coastal regions…
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Vulture
The vulture is one of the world’s most common scavengers The fearsome-looking vulture is often regarded by people as a…
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Green Bee-Eater
The green bee-eater, or little green bee-eater, is one of the smallest birds in the bee-eater family. It is known…
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Macaw
From cracking Brazil nuts with their powerful beaks to camouflaging their vivid plumage in dense rainforest canopies, these long-lived birds…
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Heron
Patient, solitary, and armed with a spear-like bill, herons have mastered the art of the ambush across nearly every wetland…
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Keel-Billed Toucan
Keel-billed toucans are also known as “rainbow” toucans due to their large, colorful bills. They are also called “sulfur-breasted toucans”…
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Little Penguin
“The Smallest Penguin Species” Small fries of the Spheniscidae family, little penguins are native to Australia and New Zealand. Standouts…
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Yellow-Eyed Penguin
“Yellow-eyed penguins are uniquely characterized by their pale yellow eyes” The only penguins belonging to the genus Megadyptes, the yellow-eyed…
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Turkey
These birds share a common ancestor with the Velociraptor, have been shaped by 20 million years of North American evolution,…
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Bird of Paradise
Male birds of paradise spend years growing flamboyant plumes and rehearsing spectacular dances just to earn a single glance from…
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Common Buzzard
This widespread bird of prey stomps the ground to lure worms, gets mistaken for eagles by tourists across Europe, and…
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Eagle
Nicknamed the king of all birds, this apex predator carries a grip ten times stronger than a human hand and…
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Duck
These common waterfowl hide some genuinely strange traits beneath those familiar feathers, from feet that stay warm in icy water…
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Pelican
Few birds carry as much biological strangeness as this ancient fisher, whose anatomy seems almost too extreme to function. From…
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Emu
“An emu has a running stride of 9 feet” Emus are birds that make their home on the continent of…
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Toucan
Its oversized beak looks like a liability, yet this canopy bird has turned an unlikely set of traits into surprisingly…
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Tawny Owl
A species of wood owl, tawny owls are highly territorial and about the size of a wood pigeon. These medium-sized…
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Snowy Owl
The snowy owl, whose scientific name is Bubo scandiacus, is a large, majestic owl with striking white plumage and luminous…
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Swan
The Swan is known around the world for its beauty, elegance, and grace. The swan is a genus of waterfowl…
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Chicken
The most widely domesticated fowl on earth, the chicken is a gregarious bird that is extensively used for its meat…
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Goose
Notorious for chasing joggers and terrorizing park visitors, this ancient bird has survived ice ages and crossed continents, hiding a…
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Umbrellabird
Umbrellabirds have an umbrella-like crest on the top of their heads (for which they were named) and a tube-shaped inflatable…
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Quetzal
Sacred to the Aztecs and Mayas, adorned with tail feathers that rival any crown jewel, this forest bird carries a…
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Puffin
Puffins are distinctive seabirds belonging to the auk family, with an evolutionary history that traces back tens of millions of…
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Uguisu
Japan's most celebrated songbird has inspired centuries of poetry and heralded the arrival of spring, but its most surprising contribution…
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Golden Oriole
The people living in the northern parts of Europe are known to be able to predict the start of spring…
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Roseate Spoonbill
Once hunted nearly to oblivion for the feathers on its back, this vivid pink wader clawed its way back from…
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African Penguin
African Penguin Classification The African Penguin is a small to medium-sized Penguin species that is found along the coast of…
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Adélie Penguin
Classification and Evolution French explorer Jules Dumont d’Urville discovered this penguin in 1840. The species received its name from Adélie…
Galapagos Penguin
“The Galapagos penguin is located farther north than any other penguin species in the world.“ It is a very rare…
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Peacock
Charles Darwin was stumped by them, poachers risk prison to steal their feathers, and some aren't even the color you…
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Rockhopper Penguin
The smallest crested penguins. Rockhopper penguins are a breed of penguin that live off of island coastlines in the southern…
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Flamingo
“A flamingo’s feathers don’t turn pink until it reaches 2 or 3 years old” Flamingos are omnivorous birds that eat…
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Sparrow
One tiny brown bird followed humanity across every continent, thrived in our cities, and multiplied to numbers that dwarf our…