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  2. List of birds of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the bird species recorded in Pakistan.The avifauna of Pakistan include a total of 792 species. The chukar (Alectoris chukar) is the official national bird of Pakistan, and the shaheen falcon is the symbolic icon of the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Avicultural Foundation, one bird is endemic.

  3. Avocet - Wikipedia

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    The pied avocet is the emblem of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. ... recurvus meaning 'bent' or 'curved backwards' with rostrum meaning 'bill'. [5] Species

  4. Common waxbill - Wikipedia

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    It is a small bird, 4 to 5 inches in length with a wingspan of 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches and a weight of 3/5 to 3/4 ounce. It has a slender body with short rounded wings and a long graduated tail. The bright red bill of the adult is the colour of sealing wax giving the bird its name. [9] The plumage is mostly grey-brown, finely barred with dark brown.

  5. Godwit - Wikipedia

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    Godwits are a group of four large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory waders of the bird genus Limosa. Their long bills allow them to probe deeply in the sand for aquatic worms and molluscs. In their winter range, they flock together where food is plentiful.

  6. Beak - Wikipedia

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    The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for pecking , grasping , and holding (in probing for food, eating , manipulating and carrying objects, killing prey , or fighting), preening , courtship , and feeding young.

  7. 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]

  8. Malabar grey hornbill - Wikipedia

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    The Malabar grey hornbill has a grey back and a cinnamon vent. The long tail is blackish with a white tip, and the underparts are grey with white streaks. The long curved bill has no casque. Immature birds have browner upperparts and a yellow bill. [4] Young birds have a dull white or yellow iris. [5] [6]

  9. Shoebill - Wikipedia

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    The shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), also known as the whale-headed stork, and shoe-billed stork, is a large long-legged wading bird. It derives its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill. It has a somewhat stork-like overall form and has previously been classified with the storks in the order Ciconiiformes based on this morphology.