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Twite
The twite (Linaria flavirostris) is a small brown passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is a partially migratory species that is found in a strongly disjunct distribution in northern Europe, and in Asian mountains from eastern Turkey to Nepal, western China and Mongolia. It mainly feeds on small seeds but occasionally also feeds on insects.
Siberian Jay
species of bird
wood duck
species of bird
Asian Koel
species of bird
Northern Bald Ibis
species of bird
Nicobar Pigeon
species of bird
Harlequin Duck
species of bird
Striated Heron
species of bird
domestic duck
farm animal
Northern Cardinal
species of bird
Southern Cassowary
species of bird
Woodchat Shrike
species of bird
King Eider
species of bird
Rhinoceros Hornbill
species of bird
Turkey Vulture
species of New World vulture
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
species of bird
Little Auk
species of bird
Scarlet Ibis
species of ibis
Pine Grosbeak
species of bird
Brown Shrike
species of bird
Roseate Spoonbill
species of water bird
Woodcock
The woodcocks are a group of eight very similar living species of sandpipers in the genus Scolopax. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock, and until around 1800 was used to refer to a variety of waders. The English name is first recorded in about 1050. According to the Harleian Miscellany, a group of woodcocks is called a "fall".
Grus canadensis
species of bird
White-throated Kingfisher
species of bird
Western Black-eared Wheatear
species of bird
American Kestrel
species of bird
Great Blue Heron
species of bird
Amandava amandava
species of bird
Padda oryzivora
small passerine bird
Great Spotted Cuckoo
species of bird
Common Emerald Dove
species of bird
Black Guillemot
species of bird
Red-billed Quelea
species of bird
Wood Stork
species of bird
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
species of bird
Thick-billed Murre
species of bird
Bufflehead
The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. It breeds in Alaska and Canada and migrates in winter to southern North America. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Anas albeola.
Greater Painted-snipe
species of bird in the family Rostratulidae
Indian paradise flycatcher
species of bird
Hooded Merganser
species of bird
Mourning Dove
species of bird
American White Ibis
species of bird
Northern Flicker
species of bird
domesticated turkey
species of bird
Long-tailed Shrike
species of bird
whooping crane
species of bird
Red-whiskered Bulbul
species of bird
Red-billed Tropicbird
species of bird
Black-hooded Oriole
species of bird
Pintado Petrel
species of bird
Brown Noddy
species of bird
Laughing Gull
species of bird
Red-legged Partridge
species of bird
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
species of bird
Belted Kingfisher
species of bird
Common Iora
species of small passerine bird found across southern Asia
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
species of bird
Paradisaea apoda
species of bird
Red-breasted Parakeet
species of bird
Ivory-billed Woodpecker
species of bird