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Adelie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae
A medium-sized Antarctic penguin recognized by white eye-rings on a black face — one of the most-southerly breeding birds on Earth, completing 13,000 km annual migrations on sea ice.
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| Adelie Penguin | Albatross | Avocet |
List of Birds That Start With A
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Albatross
Diomedea exulans
The largest flying bird by wingspan, a Southern Ocean seabird that can glide thousands of kilometers without flapping and live over 60 years.
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Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Britain's most elegant wader — a black-and-white bird with an extraordinary upturned bill that it swings from side to side through shallow water to catch invertebrates; the symbol of the RSPB, the avocet returned to breed in Suffolk in 1947 after an absence of over 100 years and is now one of British conservation's greatest success stories.
About birds starting with A
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