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: ̗̀➛ red-crested turaco (tauraco erythrolophus)

: ̗̀➛ these birds are endemic to angola, and are this country's national bird

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yes this is the damnation bird

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: ̗̀➛ australasian swamphen or pūkeko (porphyrio melanotus)

: ̗̀➛ these birds live in social groups from three to nine specimens, and have a dominance hierarchy reinforced by physical traits, such as the size of the bird's frontal shield

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: ̗̀➛ knob-billed duck (sarkidiornis melanotos)

: ̗̀➛ this duck has an uncertain taxonomic placement, as it was placed in two different families and a paraphyletic group of perching ducks

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sorry for missing a few days, will post some more birds today!!
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: ̗̀➛ little auk (alle alle)

: ̗̀➛ this bird had a lot of different names before, including rotch, rotche, bullbird and sea dove

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: ̗̀➛ agami heron (agamia agami)

: ̗̀➛ in brazil, it's sometimes called "soco beija-flor", meaning hummingbird heron, due to its unique, colorful plumage

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: ̗̀➛ cloven-feathered dove (drepanoptila holosericea)

: ̗̀➛ as most doves and pigeons' diet consists of grain and seed, this one belongs to a smaller group of pigeons that are frugivorous, which means they feed on fruit!!

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: ̗̀➛ pygmy cupwing (pnoepyga pusilla)

: ̗̀➛ for their little size, they're quite loud and their calls consist of high-pitched whistles!!

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: ̗̀➛ scissor-tailed flycatcher (tyrannus forficatus)

: ̗̀➛ during migration in fall and early spring, they can form huge flocks up to 10,000 birds!!

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: ̗̀➛ eurasian penduline tit (remiz pendulinus)

: ̗̀➛ the penduline part of their name comes from their nest hanging from an extended connection, like a pendulum!!

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: ̗̀➛ american robin (turdus migratorius)

: ̗̀➛ despite being named after the european robin, they're not that closely related!! named after the european robin because of the orange plumage, it actually belongs to the thrush family

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: ̗̀➛ groove-billed ani (crotophaga sulcirostis)

: ̗̀➛ groove billed anis live in small groups and lay their eggs in a communal nest, where all group members incubate their eggs and care for their young

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