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Common Ostrich

(Struthio camelus) Class: Aves Location: The Sahel and southern Sahara, East Africa, and southern Africa Diet: Grasses, shrubs, seeds, roots, leaves, flowers, insects, mice, lizards Lifespan in Wild: 30 years Number of Offspring: 4-15 Chicks in each clutch Conservation Status: Stable

Elegant Crested Tinamou

(Eudromia elegans)

Emu

(Dromaius novaehollandiae) Class: Aves Location: Australia Diet: Seeds, shoots, fruit, arthropods, leaves, pods, grasses, charcoal, flowers, lizards, small rodents, grains, berries, stones, pebbles Lifespan in Wild: 10 years Number of Offspring: 5-24 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

Greater Rhea

(Rhea americana)

Southern Cassowary

(Casuarius casuarius)

Blue-Billed Curassow

(Crax alberti)

Blue/Indian Peafowl

(Pavo cristatus)

Blue-Throated Piping Guan

(Pipile cumanensis)

Bornean Crested Fireback Pheasant

(Lophura ignita)

Cabot's Tragopan

(Tragopan caboti)

Common/Ring-Necked Pheasant

(Phasianus colchicus)

Congo Peafowl

(Afropavo congensis)

Crested Wood Partridge

(Rollulus rouloul)

Edward's Pheasant

(Lophura edwardsi)

African Comb Duck

(Sarkidiornis melanotos)

African Pygmy Goose

(Nettapus auritus)

American Comb Duck

(Sarkidiornis sylvicola)

Australian Shelduck

(Tadorna tadornoides)

Baer's Pochard

(Aythya baeri)

Bar-Headed Goose

(Anser indicus)

Barrow's Goldeneye

(Bucephala islandica)

Bernier's/Madagascar Teal

(Anas bernieri)

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck

(Dendrocygna autumnalis)

American/Caribbean Flamingo

(Phoenicopterus ruber)

Chilean Flamingo

(Phoenicopterus chilensis)

Greater Flamingo

(Phoenicopterus roseus)

Lesser Flamingo

(Phoeniconaias minor)

Adélie Penguin

(Pygoscelis adeliae) Class: Aves Location: Antarctica Diet: Krill, squid, fish Lifespan in Wild: 20 years Number of Offspring: 1-2 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

African/Black-Footed Penguin

(Spheniscus demersus)

Chinstrap Penguin

(Pygoscelis antarctica) Class: Aves Location: South Pacific and Antarctic Diet: Krill, fish, shrimp, crabs, squid Lifespan in Wild: 20 years Number of Offspring: 1-2 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

Emperor Penguin

(Aptenodytes forsteri)

Gentoo Penguin

(Pygoscelis papua) Class: Aves Location: Southern tip of South America and Antarctica Diet: Crustaceans (especially krill), shrimp, squid, fish Lifespan in Wild: 15 years Number of Offspring: 1-3 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

Humboldt Penguin

(Spheniscus humboldti) Class: Aves Location: Coastal Chile and Peru Diet: Squid, crustaceans, fish Lifespan in Wild: 20 years Number of Offspring: 1-2 Chicks Conservation Status: Threatened

King Penguin

(Aptenodytes patagonicus) Class: Aves Location: Sub-ant-arctic islands, northern Antarctica, Tierra Del Fuego, Falkland Islands Diet: Fish, cephalopods, crustaceans Lifespan in Wild: 20 years Number of Offspring: 1 Chick Conservation Status: Stable

Little Blue Penguin

(Eudyptula minor)

Macaroni Penguin

(Eudyptes chrysolophus)

Adbim's/White-Bellied Stork

(Ciconia abdimii) Class: Aves Location: Much of Sub-Saharan Africa, with a small population in southwest Arabia Diet: Insects, small mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks, crabs, millipedes, scorpions, birds, amphibians, eggs, carrion Lifespan in Wild: 15 years Number of Offspring: 2-5 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

African Openbill

(Anastomus lamelligerus) Class: Aves Location: Sub-Saharan Africa and western Madagascar Diet: Mollusks, frogs, crabs, fish, worms, insects Lifespan in Wild: 15 years Number of Offspring: 3-4 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

African Pink-Backed Pelican

(Pelecanus rufescens)

African Sacred Ibis

(Threskiornis aethiopicus) Class: Aves Location: Much of Sub-Saharan Africa with a small population in southeastern Iraq. Introduced in Spain, France, Italy, Taiwan, and south Florida. Diet: Arthropods, mollusks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, eggs, carrion, seeds, worms, small birds, refuse Lifespan in Wild: 20 years Number of Offspring: 1-5 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

African Spoonbill

(Platalea alba) Class: Aves Location: Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar Diet: Fish, amphibians, invertebrates Lifespan in Wild: 15 years Number of Offspring: 3-5 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

American White Ibis

(Eudocimus albus) Class: Aves Location: Southeast U.S, Caribbean Islands, coastal areas of Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America Diet: Crustaceans, insects, fish, marine worms, amphibians, snakes, snails, larvae Lifespan in Wild: 15 years Number of Offspring: 2-7 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

American White Pelican

(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Black-Crowned Night Heron

(Nycticorax nycticorax)

Black Heron

(Egretta ardesiaca)

African Fish Eagle

(Haliaeetus vocifer)

African White-Backed Vulture

(Gyps africanus)

American Black Vulture

(Coragyps atratus) Class: Aves Location: Ranges from New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania all the way down to northern Argentina and Uruguay Diet: Carrion, refuse, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, turtles, tortoises, mammals up to the size of newborn calves, birds up to the size of night herons, ducks, and chickens Lifespan in Wild: 25 years Number of Offspring: 1-2 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

American Kestrel

(Falco sparverius) Class: Aves Location: Ranges from southeast Alaska through most of Canada and all lower 48 states into the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Central America, and much of South America except the Andes, the Guianas, and the interior of the country Diet: Arthropods, small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, worms Lifespan in Wild: 5 years Number of Offspring: 2-7 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

Andean Condor

(Vultur gryphus)

Aplomado Falcon

(Falco femoralis)

Augur Buzzard

(Buteo augur)

Bald Eagle

(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Class: Aves Location: Found in Canada and all U.S. states except Hawaii and can also be found in northern Mexico Diet: Fish, carrion, birds up to the size of cranes and swans, reptiles, amphibians, crabs, mammals up to the size of beavers and otters, snails, vulture vomit, bird eggs, crayfish, refuse Lifespan in Wild: 20 years Number of Offspring: 1-2 Eaglets Conservation Status: Stable

Barred Owl

(Strix varia)

American Coot

(Fulica americana)

Black Crowned Crane

(Balearica pavonina)

Blue/Stanley Crane

(Grus paradisea)

Common Moorhen

(Gallinula chloropus)

Demoiselle Crane

(Anthropoides virgo)

Gray Crowned Crane

(Balearica regulorum)

Gray-Winged Trumpeter

(Psophia crepitans)

Gray-Necked Wood-Rail

(Aramides cajaneus)

Guam Rail

(Gallirallus owstoni)

American Avocet

(Recurvirostra americana)

American Oystercatcher

(Haematopus palliatus)

Atlantic Puffin

(Fratercula arctica)

Black-Bellied Plover

(Pluvialis squatarola)

Black Guillemot

(Cepphus grylle)

Black-Necked Stilt

(Himantopus mexicanus)

Black Oystercatcher

(Haematopus bachmani)

Blacksmith Lapwing

(Vanellus armatus)

Common Murre

(Uria aalge)

Beautiful Fruit Dove

(Ptilinopus pulchellus)

Black-Naped Fruit Dove

(Ptilinopus melanospilus)

Blue Ground Dove

(Claravis pretiosa)

Common Emerald/Green-Winged Dove

(Chalcophaps indica)

Crested Pigeon

(Ocyphaps lophotes)

Diamond Dove

(Geopelia cuneata)

Green Imperial Pigeon

(Ducula aenea)

Green-Naped Pheasant Pigeon

(Otisiphaps nobilis nobilis)

Jambu Fruit Dove

(Ptilinopus jambu)

African Gray Parrot

(Psittacus erithacus)

Australian Rainbow Lorikeet

(Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus))

Blue-and-Yellow Macaw

(Ara ararauna)

Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot

(Loriculus galgulus)

Blue-Headed Parrot

(Pionus menstruus)

Blue-Streaked Lorikeet

(Eos reticulata)

Blue-Throated Macaw

(Ara glaucogularis)

Bourke's Parrot

(Neopsephotus bourkii)

Budgerigar

(Melopsittacus undulatus)

Chestnut-Breasted Malkhoa

(Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)

Crested Coua

(Coua cristata)

Fischer's Turaco

(Tauraco fischeri)

Great Blue Turaco

(Corythaeola cristata)

Greater Roadrunner

(Geococcyx californianus) Class: Aves Location: Southwest U.S. and Mexico Diet: Small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, arthropods, birds, carrion, eggs, fruit, seeds, snails, bark, stems Lifespan in Wild: 7 years Number of Offspring: 2-6 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable

Guira Cuckoo

(Guira guira)

Kori Bustard

(Ardeotis kori)

Lady Ross's Turaco

(Musophaga rossae)

Red-Crested Turaco

(Tauraco erythrolophus) Class: Aves Location: Western Angola Diet: Fruit, berries, leaves, seeds, invertebrates, flowers, acacia, nuts Lifespan in Wild: 5-9 years Number of Offspring: 2-3 Chicks Conservation Status: Stable