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  2. Western moose - Wikipedia

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    The Western moose [2] (Alces alces andersoni) is a subspecies of moose that inhabits boreal forests and mixed deciduous forests in the Canadian Arctic, western Canadian provinces and a few western sections of the northern United States. It is the second largest North American subspecies of moose, second to the Alaskan moose.

  3. Baeolophus - Wikipedia

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    Baeolophus is a genus of birds in the family Paridae, commonly called tits.Its members are known as titmouses or titmice.All the species are native to North America.In the past, most authorities retained Baeolophus as a subgenus within the genus Parus, but treatment as a distinct genus, initiated by the American Ornithological Society, is now widely accepted.

  4. Centrocercus - Wikipedia

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    These birds are distributed throughout large portions of the north-central and Western United States, as well as the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. [4] The International Union for Conservation of Nature classified the C. minimus species as endangered in 2020 [ 5 ] and C. urophasianus as near threatened in 2016.

  5. Tufted titmouse - Wikipedia

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    The tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) is a small songbird from North America, a species in the tit and chickadee family ().The black-crested titmouse, found from central and southern Texas southward, [2] was included as a subspecies but now is considered a separate species, Baeolophus atricristatus.

  6. Glossary of bird terms - Wikipedia

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    Bird ringing is the term used in the UK and in some other parts of Europe, while the term bird banding is more often used in the U.S. and Australia. [49] bird strike The impact of a bird or birds with an airplane in flight. [50] body down The layer of small, fluffy down feathers that lie underneath the outer contour feathers on a bird's body. [51]

  7. Mousebird - Wikipedia

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    The mousebirds are birds in the order Coliiformes.They are the sister group to the clade Cavitaves, which includes the Leptosomiformes (the cuckoo roller), Trogoniformes (), Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes), Piciformes (woodpeckers, toucans, and barbets) and Coraciformes (kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, motmots, and todies). [2]

  8. Canada jay - Wikipedia

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    The Canada jay (Perisoreus canadensis), also known as the grey jay, gray jay, camp robber, or whisky jack, is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae.It is found in boreal forests of North America north to the tree line, and in the Rocky Mountains subalpine zone south to New Mexico and Arizona.

  9. Accipitridae - Wikipedia

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    In Accipiter hawks (the most species-rich accipitrid genus with nearly 50 extant species), prey is mainly other birds. Accipiter s are in general forest- and thicket-dwelling species. Accipiter hawks usually ambush birds in dense vegetation, a dangerous hunting method that requires great agility.