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  2. Bird - Wikipedia

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    Anchiornis huxleyi is an important source of information on the early evolution of birds in the Late Jurassic period. [30] The consensus view in contemporary palaeontology is that the flying theropods, or avialans, are the closest relatives of the deinonychosaurs, which include dromaeosaurids and troodontids. [31]

  3. Cuckoo - Wikipedia

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    The chestnut-breasted malkoha is typical of the Phaenicophaeinae in having brightly coloured skin around the eye.. Cuckoos are medium-sized birds that range in size from the little bronze cuckoo, at 17 g (0.6 oz) and 15 cm (6 in), to moderately large birds, ranging from 60–80 cm (24–31 in) in length, such as the giant coua of Madagascar, the coral-billed ground-cuckoo of Indochina, and ...

  4. Parrot - Wikipedia

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    Parrots have featured in human writings, story, art, humor, religion, and music for thousands of years, such as Aesop's fable "The parrot and the cat", [127] the mention "The parrot can speak, and yet is nothing more than a bird" in The Book of Rites of Ancient China, [128] the Masnavi by Rumi of Persia in 1250 "The Merchant and the Parrot". [129]

  5. List of birds - Wikipedia

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    List of individual birds; Lists by continent List of birds of Africa; List of birds of Antarctica; List of birds of Asia; List of birds of Australia; List of birds of Europe; List of birds of North America; List of birds of South America; Lists by smaller geographic unit Lists of birds by region; Extinct birds List of recently extinct bird species

  6. Eagle - Wikipedia

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    Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae.Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related.

  7. Hummingbird - Wikipedia

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    One study of Anna's hummingbirds found that dietary protein was an influential factor in feather color, as birds receiving more protein grew significantly more colorful crown feathers than those fed a low-protein diet. [70] Additionally, birds on a high-protein diet grew yellower (higher hue) green tail feathers than birds on a low-protein diet ...

  8. Vulture - Wikipedia

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    A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). [2] Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family.

  9. Bowerbird - Wikipedia

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    Also, the enigmatic "maypole-builder" genus Archboldia seems to be merely a Amblyornis with unusually heavy melanin pigmentation as is often found in tropical rainforest birds. On the other hand, the "avenue-builders" also have a hypermelanic lineage, the satin bowerbird, but this seems well separable as a monotypic genus Ptilonorhynchus , as ...

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