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The Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán Grebe, Podilymbus gigas, has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus ...

Yellow-billed Loon

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The Yellow-billed Loon or White-billed Diver, (Gavia adamsii), is the largest member of the loon or diver family of birds.

Great Northern Loon

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The Great Northern Loon, Great Northern Diver, or Common Loon (Gavia immer), is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds. The species is known as the Common Loon in North America and the ...

Pacific Loon

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The Pacific Diver or Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica), is a medium-sized member of the loon, or diver, family. It may be conspecific with Black-throated Diver/Arctic Loon, which it closely resembles. It ...

Helmeted Guineafowl

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The Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It breeds in Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and ...

Wandering Tattler

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The Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana (formerly Heteroscelus incanus), is a medium-sized wading bird. In summer, they are found in Alaska and northwestern Canada. They nest in rocky areas along ...

Grey-tailed Tattler

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The Grey-tailed Tattler, Tringa brevipes (formerly Heteroscelus brevipes), is a small shorebird. Its breeding habitat is stony riverbeds in northeast Siberia.