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Most of these range-restricted species are endemic to Macaronesian or Mediterranean islands, while three are endemic to the Caucasus region. In addition the following species are endemic to the region:
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
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The final possibility is that Numenius is a Latinized form of the Greek noumenios, which was the word Diogenes Laërtius used to refer to a species of curlew. The specific name "borealis" is Latin for "northern". [7] This species has many common names. It has been named the prairie pigeon, fute, little curlew, doe-bird, and doughbird.
The Arctic tern's call is more nasal and rasping than that of the common, and is easily distinguishable from that of the roseate. [22] This bird's closest relatives are a group of South Polar species, the South American (Sterna hirundinacea), Kerguelen (S. virgata), and Antarctic (S. vittata) terns. [23]
A high-latitude species, the gyrfalcon breeds on the Arctic coasts and tundra, the islands of northern North America and the Eurosiberian region, where it is mainly a resident species. Some gyrfalcons disperse more widely after the breeding season or in winter, and individual vagrancy can take birds for long distances. Its plumage varies with ...
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