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Commmon name

African Grey Parrot
African Jacana
African Penguin
African Pygmy Falcon
African Yellow-billed Duck
American Avocet
American Crow
American Flamingo
American Kestrel
American Robin
American Robin
Amethyst Starling
Andean Condor
Anhinga
Bahama Pintail
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Bali Mynah
Bali Mynah
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Bartlett’s Bleeding Heart Dove
Beautiful Fruit Dove (Crimson-Capped Fruit Dove)
Black Parrot
Black-headed Sibia
Black-headed Sibia
Black-headed Woodpecker
Black-naped Fruit Dove
Black-necked Stilt
Blue Dacnis
Blue Ground Dove
Blue Jay
Blue-bellied Roller
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
Blue-crowned Pigeon
Blue-Grey Tanager
Blue-naped Mousebird
Blue-necked Tanager
Blue-throated Conure
Blue-throated Macaw
Boat-billed Heron
Boat-Billed Heron
Brown Pelican
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Chukar Partridge (Chukar)
Common Grackle
Costa’s Hummingbird
Crested Oropendola
Double-Crested Cormorant
Double-Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Screech-Owl
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Fairy Bluebird
Fire-tufted Barbet
Golden Conure
Golden-Breasted Starling
Goldie’s Lorikeet
Gray-winged Trumpeter
Great Argus Pheasant
Great Indian Hornbill
Greater Flamingo
Green Aracari
Green Woodhoopoe
Green-winged Macaw
Guam Rail
Guira Cuckoo
Harris’s Hawk
Hooded Merganser
Hyacinth Macaw
Inca Tern
Japanese Quail
Keel-billed Toucan
King Vulture
Lady Ross’s Turaco
Long-tailed Broadbill
Magnificent Ground Pigeon (Pheasant Pigeon)
Mandarin Duck
Mealy Rosella
Military Macaw
Montezuma Oropendola
Nicobar Pigeon
Nicobar Pigeon
Northern Bobwhite
Northern Cardinal
Ocellated Turkey
Orange Bishop Weaver
Painted Bunting
Palawan Peacock Pheasant
Palm Cockatoo
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Pied Imperial Pigeon (Nutmeg Imperial Pigeon)
Pink Pigeon
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-crested Finch
Red-Crowned Crane
Red-fronted Macaw
Red-Legged HoneyCreeper
Red-legged Seriema
Red-tailed Hawk
Renauld’s Ground Cuckoo (Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo)
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Ring Teal Duck
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill
Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Duck
Saffron Finch
Scarlet Ibis
Screaming Piha
Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl
Speckled Mousebird
Spectacled Owl
Spectacled Owl
Steller’s Sea Eagle
Sunbittern
Taveta Golden Weaver
Tawny Frogmouth
Thick-billed Parrot
Toco Toucan
Tufted Titmouse
Two-toed Sloth
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Vosmeri Eclectus Parrot
Wattled Curassow
White Crested Turaco
White-crested Laughing Thrush
White-crested Laughing Thrush
White-tailed Trogon
Wompoo Fruit Dove
Yellow-naped Amazon

Scientific name

Actophilornis africanus   African Jacana
Ajaia ajaja   Roseate Spoonbill
Ajaia ajaja   Roseate Spoonbill
Alectoris chukar   Chukar Partridge (Chukar)
Anas bahamensis   Bahama Pintail
Anas undulata   African Yellow-billed Duck
Anhinga anhinga   Anhinga
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus   Hyacinth Macaw
Ara glaucogularis   Blue-throated Macaw
Ara militaris   Military Macaw
Ara rubrogenys   Red-fronted Macaw
Argusianus argus   Great Argus Pheasant
Aythya valisineria   Canvasback
Baeolophus bicolor   Tufted Titmouse
Bombycilla cedrorum   Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum   Cedar Waxwing
Branta canadensis   Canada Goose
Bubo scandiaca   Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiaca   Snowy Owl
Bucephala islandica   Barrow’s Goldeneye
Buceros bicornis   Great Indian Hornbill
Buteo jamaicensis   Red-tailed Hawk
Callonetta leucophrys   Ring Teal Duck
Caloenas nicobarica   Nicobar Pigeon
Caloenas nicobarica   Nicobar Pigeon
Calypte costae   Costa’s Hummingbird
Cardinalis cardinalis   Northern Cardinal
Cariama cristata   Red-legged Seriema
Carpococcyx renauldi   Renauld’s Ground Cuckoo (Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo)
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster   Amethyst Starling
Cochlearius cochlearius   Boat-Billed Heron
Colinus virginianus   Northern Bobwhite
Colius straitus   Speckled Mousebird
Coracias cyanogaster   Blue-bellied Roller
Coracopsis nigra   Black Parrot
Corvus brachyrhynchos   American Crow
Cosmopsarus regius   Golden-Breasted Starling
Crax globulosa   Wattled Curassow
Cyanerpes cyaneus   Red-Legged HoneyCreeper
Cyanocitta cristata   Blue Jay
Ducula bicolor   Pied Imperial Pigeon (Nutmeg Imperial Pigeon)
Egretta thula   Snowy Egret
Egretta thula   Snowy Egret
Euplectes franciscanus   Orange Bishop Weaver
Eurypyga helias   Sunbittern
Gallicolumba criniger   Bartlett’s Bleeding Heart Dove
Gallirallus owstoni   Guam Rail
Garrulax leucolophus   White-crested Laughing Thrush
Garrulax leucolophus   White-crested Laughing Thrush
Glaucidium perlatum   Pearl-spotted Owlet
Goura victoria   Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Grus japonensis   Red-Crowned Crane
Guaruba guarouba   Golden Conure
Guira guira   Guira Cuckoo
Gymnostinops Montezuma   Montezuma Oropendola
Haliaeetus leucocephalus   Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus   Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus   Steller’s Sea Eagle
Heterophasia melanoleuca   Black-headed Sibia
Heterophasia melanoleuca   Black-headed Sibia
Irena puella   Fairy Bluebird
Leucopsar rothschildi   Bali Mynah
Lorosterna inca   Inca Tern
Megascops asio   Eastern Screech-Owl
Meleagris ocellata   Ocellated Turkey
Mergus cucullatus   Hooded Merganser
Musophaga rossae   Lady Ross’s Turaco
Nesoenas mayeri   Pink Pigeon
Otidiphaps nobilis   Magnificent Ground Pigeon (Pheasant Pigeon)
Oxyura jamaicensis   Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis   Ruddy Duck
Parabuteo unicinctus   Harris’s Hawk
Passerina ciris   Painted Bunting
Pelecanus occidentalis   Brown Pelican
Phalacrocorax auritus   Double-Crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus   Double-Crested Cormorant
Pheucticus ludovicianus   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Phoeniconais ruber ruber   American Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber   Greater Flamingo
Phoeniculus purpureus   Green Woodhoopoe
Picoides pubescens   Downy Woodpecker
Picus erythropygius   Black-headed Woodpecker
Platycercus adscitus   Mealy Rosella
Ploceus castaneiceps   Taveta Golden Weaver
Podargus strigoides   Tawny Frogmouth
Polyplectron emphanum   Palawan Peacock Pheasant
Probosciger aterrimus   Palm Cockatoo
Psarisomus dalhousiae   Long-tailed Broadbill
Psilopogon pyrolophus   Fire-tufted Barbet
Psittacus Erithacus   African Grey Parrot
Psitteuteles goldiei   Goldie’s Lorikeet
Psophia crepitans   Gray-winged Trumpeter
Pteroglossus viridis   Green Aracari
Ptilinopus pulchellus   Beautiful Fruit Dove (Crimson-Capped Fruit Dove)
Pulsatrix perpicillata   Spectacled Owl
Pulsatrix perpicillata   Spectacled Owl
Pyrrhura cruentata   Blue-throated Conure
Querula purpurata   Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Ramphastos sulfuratus   Keel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos toco   Toco Toucan
Sarcorhamphus papa   King Vulture
Sicalis flaveola   Saffron Finch
Spheniscus demersus   African Penguin
Tangara cyanicollis   Blue-necked Tanager
Tauraco leucolophus   White Crested Turaco
Thraupis episcopus   Blue-Grey Tanager
Trichoglossus haematodus   Rainbow Lorikeet
Trogon viridis   White-tailed Trogon
Turdus migratorius   American Robin
Turdus migratorius   American Robin
Urocolius macrourus   Blue-naped Mousebird
Vultur gryphus   Andean Condor


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