nonpasserine

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In migration: In Europe
Among nonpasserines—i.e., nonperching birds—one of the best-known migrants is the stork (Ciconia ciconia), which migrates to tropical Africa along two well-defined flyways. The stork population nesting west of a line that follows the Weser River in Germany flies southwestward through France and Spain, past the Strait…
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