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Dipper
Cinclus cinclus
The only aquatic songbird — a compact brown-and-white bird that walks along the riverbed submerged, using its wings to swim against the current and find invertebrates in fast-flowing streams.
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List of Birds That Start With D
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Dove
Columba livia (rock dove); also Streptopelia, Zenaida, others
A small to medium-sized bird of the pigeon family — peace symbol across cultures, the white morph used in religious imagery, and the common name shared with the genus including the rock pigeon of every city worldwide.
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Duck
Anas platyrhynchos
The most widespread and recognizable duck species on Earth, ancestor of nearly all domestic duck breeds, and a study in iridescent green and chestnut sexual dimorphism.
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Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Britain's most abundant small wader — a dumpy, short-legged sandpiper that winters in enormous flocks on estuaries and mudflats, performing breathtaking aerial "murmurations" that twist and turn as a single organism; in summer breeding plumage it has a distinctive black belly patch unique among similar species.
About birds starting with D
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