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Yellow-nosed Albatross

Animals; Birds

The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos, is a large seabird in the albatross family. This small mollymawk was once considered conspecific with the Indian Yellow-nosed ...

Clark's Grebe

Animals; Birds

Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii) is a North American species in the grebe family. Until the 1980s, it was thought to be a pale morph of the Western Grebe, which it resembles in size, range, and ...

Pelagic Cormorant

Animals; Birds

The Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus), also known as Baird's Cormorant, is a small member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Analogous to other smallish cormorants, it is also ...

Masked Booby

Animals; Birds

The Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic; in the eastern Pacific it is ...

Himalayan Monal

Animals; Birds

The Himalayan Monal, Lophophorus impejanus also known as the Impeyan Monal or Impeyan Pheasant or Danphe is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the national bird of ...

Sclater's Monal

Animals; Birds

Sclater's Monal, Lophophorus sclateri, also known as the Crestless Monal, is a large, approximately 68 centimetres (27 in) long, pheasant of the east Himalayan region.

Blyth's Tragopan

Animals; Birds

Blyth's Tragopan (Tragopan blythii) or the Grayed-bellied Tragopan is a pheasant that is a vulnerable species. The animal's population is small and is believed to be decreasing at a rapid rate. ...

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