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chicken
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated form of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is one of the most common and widespread domesticated animals in the world. Chickens are primarily kept for their meat and eggs, though they are also kept as pets.
Common Ostrich
species of large flightless bird
House Sparrow
species of bird
Northern Raven
species of bird
Eurasian Magpie
species of bird
mallard
The mallard () or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa. It has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. Belonging to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae, mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varying sizes.
Eurasian Hoopoe
species of bird
Meleagris
North American genus of large birds
Common Blackbird
species of thrush
European Robin
species of bird
Common Quail
species of bird
Common Cuckoo
species of bird
Dodo
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to Mauritius, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire. The two formed the subtribe Raphina, a clade of extinct flightless birds that are a part of the group that includes pigeons and doves (the family Columbidae). The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. A white dodo was once thought to have existed on the nearby island of Réunion, but it is now believed that this assumption was merely confusion based on
Eurasian Golden Oriole
species of bird
Grey Heron
species of bird
Eurasian Jay
species of bird
Great Tit
species of bird
Common Starling
species of bird
Barn Swallow
species of bird
Motacilla alba
species of bird
Golden Eagle
species of bird of prey
Great Cormorant
species of bird
Osprey
The osprey (; Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and a wingspan of . It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts.
Western Jackdaw
species of bird
White Stork
species of bird
Eurasian Eagle-owl
species of bird
Common Kestrel
species of bird
Greylag Goose
species of bird
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
species of bird
Common Crane
species of bird
European Goldfinch
species of bird
Northern Pintail
species of duck
Common Coot
species of bird
Rook
species of bird
Eurasian Goshawk
species of bird
Northern Lapwing
species of bird
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
species of bird
Common Kingfisher
species of bird
Eurasian Bullfinch
species of bird
Common Moorhen
species of bird
Common Buzzard
species of bird of prey
Hooded Crow
species of bird
Black Stork
species of bird
Indian Peafowl
species of bird
Cyanistes caeruleus
species of bird
Eurasian Chaffinch
species of small passerine bird
Great Crested Grebe
species of bird
White-tailed Eagle
species of bird
Western Capercaillie
species of bird
Common Pheasant
species of bird
Eurasian Teal
species of duck in the genus Anas
Eurasian Skylark
species of bird
bearded vulture
species of bird
Great Egret
species of bird
Common Wood Pigeon
species of bird
Egyptian Vulture
species of bird
Motacilla flava
species of bird
Eurasian Bittern
species of bird
Snowy Owl
species of bird
Common Swift
species of bird