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1 to 37 of 37 species
Scientific Name
Common Name
Salvadorina waigiuensis
Salvadori's teal
Sarcogyps calvus
Red-headed vulture
Semnornis ramphastinus
Toucan barbet
Sephanoides fernandensis
Juan Fernández firecrown
Sericulus bakeri
Fire-maned bowerbird
Serinus ankoberensis
Ankober serin
Serinus flavigula
Yellow-throated seedeater
Serinus syriacus
Syrian serin
Sheppardia gabela
Gabela akalat
Sitta yunnanensis
Yunnan nuthatch
Spheniscus demersus
African penguin
Spheniscus humboldti
Humboldt penguin
Spheniscus mendiculus
Galapagos penguin
Spizaetus bartelsi
Javan hawk-eagle
Spizaetus nanus
Wallace's hawk-eagle
Spizaetus ornatus
Ornate hawk-eagle
Spizaetus philippensis
Philippine hawk-eagle
Spizella wortheni
Worthen's sparrow
Sporophila cinnamomea
Chestnut seedeater
Sporophila hypochroma
Grey-and-chestnut seedeater
Sporophila nigrorufa
Black-and-tawny seedeater
Sporophila palustris
Marsh seedeater
Sporophila zelichi
Narosky's seedeater
Sterna albostriata
Black-fronted tern
Sterna bernsteini
Chinese crested tern
Sterna lorata
Peruvian tern
Strigops habroptilus
Kakapo
Sylvia buryi
Yemen warbler
Sylvietta philippae
Short-billed crombec
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
Xantus's murrelet
Synthliboramphus wumizusume
Crested murrelet
Sypheotides indicus
Lesser florican
Syrmaticus ellioti
Elliot's pheasant
Syrmaticus humiae
Hume's pheasant
Syrmaticus mikado
Mikado pheasant
Syrmaticus reevesii
Reeves's pheasant
Syrmaticus soemmerringii
Copper pheasant
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