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Quizzes
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae
Ultimate Bird Trivia Quiz
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
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Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
8 Birds That Can’t Fly
Magpie (Pica pica), perched on a log, bird
Eurasian Magpie: A True Bird Brain
animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World
Shoebill. A Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps rex), aka 'Whalehead' standing in shallow marsh. Resides in tropical East Africa. A very large bird related to the storks. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill.
Funky Feathers: 10 Bizarre Birds
sea turtle (reptile). Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) (C. mydas) off the Hawaii Islands, Pacific Islands. Green sea turtle, chelonian. Homepage blog 2011, science and technology, animal
5 Vertebrate Groups
Discover
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
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Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona
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Calendar showing the month of February
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Alexandria, Egypt - September 12, 2014 - Wedding Bridesmaids Competition, reward for Best Bridesmaids for participation in competitions. Prize for victory
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Frowning little girl. Angry annoyed
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M17, the Swan Nebula, is a star-making cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.
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Bird's death leads to warning of pollution event • Feb. 28, 2025, 3:32 AM ET (BBC)
More than 230 bird species sighted in BRT Tiger Reserve • Feb. 27, 2025, 4:46 AM ET (The Hindu)
Dutch software firm Bird to leave Europe due to onerous regulations in AI era, says CEO • Feb. 24, 2025, 10:57 PM ET (Reuters)
Pigeon found with cut wings, tail feathers sparks Hong Kong police probe • Feb. 16, 2025, 5:58 PM ET (South China Morning Post)

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Also Known As Aves • fowl

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zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
basic body feather tracts on a generalized songbird
feather types
black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
pigeon skeleton
North American bird migration
red jungle fowl
California quail
canary
European, or common, starling
View a flock of red-billed queleas at the Etosha National Park
Evolution and diversity in Galapagos finches
Learn how a hummingbird can fly in any direction and about its iridescent plumage
Observe flightless cormorants in their natural habitat on coasts of Fernandina and Isabela islands
See the black skimmer water bird skim the calm surface with its longer lower mandible in search of prey
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Key People

Jean Theodore Delacour
French aviculturist
Newton, Alfred
Alfred Newton
British zoologist
John James Audubon
John James Audubon
American artist
Hudson, W.H.
W.H. Hudson
British author, naturalist, and ornithologist
Mayr, Ernst
Ernst Mayr
American biologist
Magellanic penguin, left (Spheniscus magellanicus), and king shag (Phalacrocorax albiventer), watercolour and pencil by Roger Tory Peterson, from his book Penguins (1979); Houghton Mifflin
Roger Tory Peterson
American ornithologist
Maria Martin
American artist
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Spencer Fullerton Baird
American naturalist
Alexander Wilson, detail of an engraving by W.H. Lizars
Alexander Wilson
Scottish ornithologist
John Gould
British ornithologist
Belon, detail from an engraving
Pierre Belon
French naturalist
Frank M. Chapman
Frank M. Chapman
American ornithologist
David Lambert Lack
British author and ornithologist
Alexander Wetmore
American ornithologist
Jack Miner
Canadian naturalist
Elliott Coues
American ornithologist
Charles-Lucien Bonaparte, prince di Canino e di Musignano
French scientist
John Bachman
American naturalist and minister

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