Birds

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 Greater Flamingo
 Great White Pelican
 Green-winged Teal
 Silver Pheasant
 King Penguin
Greater Flamingo
 The Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus ) I
t is found in parts of Africa, southern Asia and sout
hern Europe.
 This is the largest species of flamingo, averaging 1
10–150 cm tall and weighing 2–4 kg.
 Like all flamingos, they lays a single chalky-white e
gg on a mud mound.
 Most of the body is pinkish-white, but the wing cov
erts are red and the primary and secondary flight f
eathers are black.
Great White Pelican
 The Great White Pelican, Pelecanus It breeds fro
m southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa i
n swamps and shallow lakes.
 This is a large pelican, 10 kg 160 cm long and with
a 280 cm wingspan.
 Males are larger than females, and have a long be
ak that grows in a downwards.
 Pelicans catch fish in their huge bill pouches, while
swimming at the surface. They also eat amphibian
s, crustaceans and small birds.
Green-winged Teal
 The Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) is a c
ommon and widespread duck which breeds in the
North America.
 This dabbling duck is strongly migratory and winter
s far south of its breeding range.
 This is the smallest North American dabbling duck.
 It is a common duck of sheltered wetlands, such a
s taiga bogs, and usually feeds by dabbling for pla
nt food or grazing. It nests on the ground, near wat
er and under cover.
Silver Pheasant
 The Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is fou
nd in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland So
utheast Asia, and eastern and southern China, and
the US mainland.
 The male is black and white, the female is mainly
brown. Both genders have a bare red face and red
legs It is common in aviculture, and overall also re
mains common in the wild, but some of its are rare
and threatened.
King Penguin
 The King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the
second largest species of penguin at about 11 to 16 
kg, second only to the Emperor Penguin.
 King penguins eat small fish, mainly lanternfish, and
squid and rely less than most Southern Ocean pred
ators on krill and other crustaceans. On foraging trip
s they repeatedly dive to over 100 m, often over 200
 m .
 King Penguins breed on the subantarctic islands at t
he northern reaches of Antarctica, South Georgia, a
nd other temperate islands of the region. The total p
opulation is 2.23 million pairs and is increasing.
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