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Bird Pictures

By , About.com Guide

Birds more than any other group of animals capture the imagination. Their ability to fly that sets them apart from all other animal groups. Although birds are neither the only nor the first animals to have taken to the air—insects beat them to it by millions of years—birds are truly the most skilled of all the flying creatures ever to have lived. Here you can browse pictures and photographs of various bird species to gain a better understanding of the diversity of avian life.

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Griffin vulture - Gyps fulvusGriffin VultureNene goose - Branta sandvicensisNene GooseAmerican flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruberAmerican FlamingoSpur-winged plover - Vanellus spinosusSpur-winged Plover
Northern gannet - Morus bassanusNorthern GannetAtlantic puffin - Fratercula arcticaAtlantic PuffinCedar waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorumCedar WaxwingBlue jay - Cyanocitta cristataBlue Jay
European robin - Erithacus rebeculaEuropean RobinNorthern cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern CardinalBlack-faced sandgrouse - Pterocles decoratusBlack-Faced SandgrouseSandhill crane - Grus canadensisSandhill Crane

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