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elephant bird elephant bird
elephant bird extinct, flightless bird of the family Aepyornithidae. Once native to the island of Madagascar, these gigantic birds may have survived until as late as 1649. Today, they are known only from bone specimens and a few well-preserved eggs. In appearance they are thought to have resembled... Read more
owl owl
owl common name for nocturnal birds of prey found on all continents. Owls superficially resemble short-necked hawks, except that their eyes are directed forward and are surrounded by disks of radiating feathers. This peculiarity lends them an appearance of studious intelligence, and the owl has... Read more
starling starling
starling any of a group of originally Old World birds that have become distributed worldwide. Starlings were brought to New York in 1890; since then the common starling ( Sturnus vulgaris ) has spread throughout North America. They often collect in loud, noisy flocks. Starlings destroy some... Read more
canary canary
canary , common name for a familiar cage bird of the family Ploceidae (Old World finch family), descended from either the wild serin finch or from the very similar wild canary, Serinus canarius, of the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Azores and introduced into Europe in the late 15th or early... Read more
weaver bird weaver bird
weaver bird name for the Ploceidae, a family of Old World seed-eating birds closely resembling finches (hence the alternate name weaver finch). It includes a number of so-called goldfinches and waxbill finches that are actually weaver birds, rather than true finches of the family Fringillidae. The... Read more
the Phoenix the Phoenix
P HOENIX, T HE In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the phoenix is a mythical bird associated with the Egyptian sun god Ra and the Greek god Phoibos Apollo. The bird symbolizes resurrection and immortality and has retained its symbolic connotation of life... Read more
Accipitridae Accipitridae
Accipitridae (hawks, eagles, buzzards, kites, Old World vultures; class Aves, order Falconiformes) The largest family of birds of prey, containing many cosmopolitan genera, especially Accipiter (sparrowhawks and goshawks), Buteo (buzzards or hawks), Circus (harriers), Elanus (kites), Haliaeetus... Read more
Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx [Gr.,=primitive wing], most primitive known bird , a 150 million-year-old fossil of which was first discovered in 1860 and described the following year in the late Jurassic limestone of Solnhofen, Bavaria. All eight known fossils of Archaeopteryx, discovered between 1860 and 1992,... Read more
partridge partridge
partridge common name applied to various henlike birds of several families. The true partridges of the Old World are members of the pheasant family (Phasianidae); the common European or Hungarian species has been successfully introduced in parts of North America. In some areas of the United States... Read more
parakeet parakeet
parakeet or parrakeet, common name for a widespread group of small parrots , native to the Indo-Malayan region and popular as cage birds. Parakeets have long, pointed tails, unlike the chunky lovebirds with which they are sometimes confused. The budgerigar, also called the shell, zebra, or... Read more

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