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  • Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix L 40-45cm. Bulky moorland gamebird. Males display at traditional leks to interest nearby females. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has mainly dark plumage with red wattle above eye. Displaying birds elevate and spread tails (which look lyre-shaped) and reveal white undertail coverts. In flight, tail looks long and forked; wings have white bars. Adult female has orange-brown plumage finely marked with dark bars. In flight wings show narrow white bar. Juvenile resembles a small female with subdued markings. Voice Displaying male utters a bubbling, cooing call. Status Scarce and declining in many areas. Does best on moorland comprising mosaic of grassland, heather moorland, bilberry stands and adjacent woodland.
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  • Capercaillie - Tetrao urogallus L 60-90cm. Huge, impressive gamebird. Explodes into flight when disturbed, revealing long wings and tail. Male is almost half as big again as female and sexes are dissimilar in plumage terms. Adult male often looks all-dark but greenish sheen on breast is sometimes seen. Has brownish wings, red wattle above eye and rounded white spot at base of folded forewing. Tail is fanned elevated in display. Adult female has finely barred grey-brown plumage with orange-brown patch on breast. Juvenile resembles a small, dull female. Voice Male utters bizarre sequence of clicks followed by noise that resembles a cork being pulled from a bottle. Status Confined to mature Scots Pine forest in Scotland. Became extinct in 18th Century; current population results from re-introductions. Status Easiest to see at RSPB’s Loch Garten reserve.
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  • Pacific Golden-Plover - Pluvialis fulva - breeding male doing nest distraction display
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla Breeding pair in courtship display
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  • Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus L 60-90cm. Huge, impressive gamebird. Explodes into flight when disturbed, revealing long wings and tail. Male is almost half as big again as female and sexes are dissimilar in plumage terms. Adult male often looks all-dark but greenish sheen on breast is sometimes seen. Has brownish wings, red wattle above eye and rounded white spot at base of folded forewing. Tail is fanned elevated in display. Adult female has finely barred grey-brown plumage with orange-brown patch on breast. Juvenile resembles a small, dull female. Voice Male utters bizarre sequence of clicks followed by noise that resembles a cork being pulled from a bottle. Status Confined to mature Scots Pine forest in Scotland. Became extinct in 18th Century; current population results from re-introductions. Status Easiest to see at RSPB’s Loch Garten reserve.
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  • Capercaillie - Tetrao urogallus L 60-90cm. Huge, impressive gamebird. Explodes into flight when disturbed, revealing long wings and tail. Male is almost half as big again as female and sexes are dissimilar in plumage terms. Adult male often looks all-dark but greenish sheen on breast is sometimes seen. Has brownish wings, red wattle above eye and rounded white spot at base of folded forewing. Tail is fanned elevated in display. Adult female has finely barred grey-brown plumage with orange-brown patch on breast. Juvenile resembles a small, dull female. Voice Male utters bizarre sequence of clicks followed by noise that resembles a cork being pulled from a bottle. Status Confined to mature Scots Pine forest in Scotland. Became extinct in 18th Century; current population results from re-introductions. Status Easiest to see at RSPB’s Loch Garten reserve.
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  • Capercaillie - Tetrao urogallus L 60-90cm. Huge, impressive gamebird. Explodes into flight when disturbed, revealing long wings and tail. Male is almost half as big again as female and sexes are dissimilar in plumage terms. Adult male often looks all-dark but greenish sheen on breast is sometimes seen. Has brownish wings, red wattle above eye and rounded white spot at base of folded forewing. Tail is fanned elevated in display. Adult female has finely barred grey-brown plumage with orange-brown patch on breast. Juvenile resembles a small, dull female. Voice Male utters bizarre sequence of clicks followed by noise that resembles a cork being pulled from a bottle. Status Confined to mature Scots Pine forest in Scotland. Became extinct in 18th Century; current population results from re-introductions. Status Easiest to see at RSPB’s Loch Garten reserve.
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  • Capercaillie - Tetrao urogallus L 60-90cm. Huge, impressive gamebird. Explodes into flight when disturbed, revealing long wings and tail. Male is almost half as big again as female and sexes are dissimilar in plumage terms. Adult male often looks all-dark but greenish sheen on breast is sometimes seen. Has brownish wings, red wattle above eye and rounded white spot at base of folded forewing. Tail is fanned elevated in display. Adult female has finely barred grey-brown plumage with orange-brown patch on breast. Juvenile resembles a small, dull female. Voice Male utters bizarre sequence of clicks followed by noise that resembles a cork being pulled from a bottle. Status Confined to mature Scots Pine forest in Scotland. Became extinct in 18th Century; current population results from re-introductions. Status Easiest to see at RSPB’s Loch Garten reserve.
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollisAdult male in display<br />
Barrow, AK<br />
June 2009
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  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis - Adult male in display
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  • Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus L 60-90cm. Huge, impressive gamebird. Explodes into flight when disturbed, revealing long wings and tail. Male is almost half as big again as female and sexes are dissimilar in plumage terms. Adult male often looks all-dark but greenish sheen on breast is sometimes seen. Has brownish wings, red wattle above eye and rounded white spot at base of folded forewing. Tail is fanned elevated in display. Adult female has finely barred grey-brown plumage with orange-brown patch on breast. Juvenile resembles a small, dull female. Voice Male utters bizarre sequence of clicks followed by noise that resembles a cork being pulled from a bottle. Status Confined to mature Scots Pine forest in Scotland. Became extinct in 18th Century; current population results from re-introductions. Status Easiest to see at RSPB’s Loch Garten reserve.
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  • Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus L 60-90cm. Huge, impressive gamebird. Explodes into flight when disturbed, revealing long wings and tail. Male is almost half as big again as female and sexes are dissimilar in plumage terms. Adult male often looks all-dark but greenish sheen on breast is sometimes seen. Has brownish wings, red wattle above eye and rounded white spot at base of folded forewing. Tail is fanned elevated in display. Adult female has finely barred grey-brown plumage with orange-brown patch on breast. Juvenile resembles a small, dull female. Voice Male utters bizarre sequence of clicks followed by noise that resembles a cork being pulled from a bottle. Status Confined to mature Scots Pine forest in Scotland. Became extinct in 18th Century; current population results from re-introductions. Status Easiest to see at RSPB’s Loch Garten reserve.
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  • Black-browed Albatross - Thalassarche melanophris - courtship display
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  • Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus L 60-90cm. Huge, impressive gamebird. Explodes into flight when disturbed, revealing long wings and tail. Male is almost half as big again as female and sexes are dissimilar in plumage terms. Adult male often looks all-dark but greenish sheen on breast is sometimes seen. Has brownish wings, red wattle above eye and rounded white spot at base of folded forewing. Tail is fanned elevated in display. Adult female has finely barred grey-brown plumage with orange-brown patch on breast. Juvenile resembles a small, dull female. Voice Male utters bizarre sequence of clicks followed by noise that resembles a cork being pulled from a bottle. Status Confined to mature Scots Pine forest in Scotland. Became extinct in 18th Century; current population results from re-introductions. Status Easiest to see at RSPB’s Loch Garten reserve.
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  • Blue-throated Keeled Lizard or Dalmatian Algyroides - Algyroides nigropunctatus - male. The most abundant lacertid in Corfu. This male is in display colours in his territory along a wall in an olive grove.
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  • Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias - adult displaying at nest site
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Bustard - Otis tarda, male displaying
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  • Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias - adult displaying at nest site
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  • Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula - displaying male
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  • Mandarin Duck - Aix galericulata - displaying male
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  • Houbara Bustard - Chlamydoyis undulata fuertaventutae - male displaying
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  • Houbara Bustard - Chlamydoyis undulata fuertaventutae - male displaying
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris - fighting males
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Prairie-Chicken - Tympanunchus cupido - breeding male
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  • Little Egret Egretta garzetta L 55-65cm. Unmistakable pure white, heron-like bird. Long, black legs have bright yellow toes. Feeds actively in water, often chasing small fish. Has a hunched posture when resting. In flight, neck is held ‘S-shaped’ and legs are trailing. Sexes are similar. Adult has pure white plumage. Note yellow eye. Nape plumes seen in breeding plumage. Juvenile is similar to adult. Voice Mostly silent. Status Recent arrival to Britain, now locally common on coasts and increasingly on inland wetlands.
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  • Calandra Lark - Melanocorypha calandra
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  • Stone Curlew - Burrhinus oedicnemus
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  • Northern Anteater-chat - Myrmecocichla aethiops
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  • Northern Anteater-chat - Myrmecocichla aethiops
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  • Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla - summer adult
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  • Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla - summer adult
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  • Brown Pelican - Pelicanus occidentalis - Pacific race
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris - males fighting
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris - males fighting
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris
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  • Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocerus urophasianus - male
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  • Greater Prairie-Chicken - Tympanunchus cupido - breeding male
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  • Greater Prairie-Chicken - Tympanunchus cupido - breeding male
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  • Greater Prairie-Chicken - Tympanunchus cupido - breeding male
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  • Greater Prairie-Chicken - Tympanunchus cupido - breeding male
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  • Greater Prairie-Chicken - Tympanunchus cupido - breeding male
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  • Greater Prairie-Chicken - Tympanunchus cupido - breeding male
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  • Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea L 90-98cm. Familiar wetland bird. Stands motionless for long periods. Flies on broad wings with slow, deep wingbeats; neck is held hunched. Sexes are similar. Adult has whitish grey head, neck and underparts with dark streaks on front of neck and breast; note white forecrown and black sides to crown leading to black nape feathers. Back and upperwings are blue-grey; flight feathers are black. Dagger-like bill is yellowish. Juvenile is similar but crown and forehead are dark grey. Voice Utters a harsh krrarnk in flight. Status Common resident. Favours freshwater wetlands but also on coasts in winter.
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  • Dusky Grouse - Dendragapus obscurus - male
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  • Dusky Grouse - Dendragapus obscurus - male
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  • Dusky Grouse - Dendragapus obscurus - male
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  • Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus - courting pair. L 46-51cm. Graceful waterbird with slender neck and dagger-like bill. White wing panels revealed in flight. Dives frequently. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has grey-brown upperparts and mainly whitish underparts; head has black cap and crest, and orange-buff ruff bordering paler cheeks. Bill is pink and eye is red. In winter, has drab grey-brown and white plumage. Juvenile recalls winter adult but has dark stripes on cheeks. Voice Utters wails and croaks in breeding season. Status Locally common breeding species on lakes and reservoirs. Widespread in winter, when also found in inshore seas.
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  • Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus - Adult female
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  • Great Egret - Ardea alba
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  • Snowy Egret - Egretta thula. Adult in breeding plumage calling
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  • Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus L 46-51cm. Graceful waterbird with slender neck and dagger-like bill. White wing panels revealed in flight. Dives frequently. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has grey-brown upperparts and mainly whitish underparts; head has black cap and crest, and orange-buff ruff bordering paler cheeks. Bill is pink and eye is red. In winter, has drab grey-brown and white plumage. Juvenile recalls winter adult but has dark stripes on cheeks. Voice Utters wails and croaks in breeding season. Status Locally common breeding species on lakes and reservoirs. Widespread in winter, when also found in inshore seas.
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  • Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
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  • Ruff Philomachus pugnax L 23-29cm. Variable wader but rather small head is a consistent feature. Has slightly downcurved bill, orange-yellow legs and, in flight, narrow white wingbar and white sides to rump. Male is smaller than female and, in breeding season, has unique head decorations. Adult male in summer has brownish upperparts, many feathers with black tips and bars. On breeding grounds, briefly has facial warts and variably coloured ruff and crest feathers. Adult female in summer has grey-brown upperparts, many feathers with dark tips and bars; underparts are pale. Winter adult has rather uniform grey-brown upperparts and pale underparts. Juvenile recalls winter adult but has buff suffusion and scaly-looking back. Voice Mostly silent. Status Rare breeding species on freshwater wetlands. Fairly common passage migrant, favouring coastal freshwater pools; scarce in winter.
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  • Pheasant Phasianus colchicus L 55-90cm. Male is colourful and unmistakable; female is also hard to confuse. Takes to the wing noisily and explosively when flushed. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male typically has orange-brown body plumage, blue-green sheen on head, large and striking red wattle and long, orange barred tail; some birds have a white collar. Violet-blue birds are sometimes released. Adult female is mottled buffish brown with shorter tail than male. Juvenile resembles a small, short-tailed female. Voice Territorial male utters a loud, shrieking call, followed by bout of vigorous wing beating. In alarm, a loud ke-tuk, ke-tuk, ke-tuk is uttered as bird flies away. Status Introduced and established here since 11th Century. Widespread and commonest in wooded farmland.
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  • Calandra Lark - Melanocorypha calandra
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  • Northern Elephant Seal - Mirounga angustirostris - males fighting
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