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Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
A large North American sea eagle and the national bird of the United States, recovered from near-extinction to abundance over the past five decades.
If you've been searching for birds that start with E, you'll find 3 detailed birds below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
For birds, that means taxonomy, habitat, diet, wingspan, migration pattern, and conservation status.
List of Birds That Start With E
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Egret
Egretta and Ardea (genera)
A type of heron — typically all-white and slim — historically devastated by feather hunters for hat decoration in the early 1900s, now a major conservation success story whose protection helped found the modern environmental movement.
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Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae
Australia's largest native bird and second-largest in the world after the ostrich — a flightless 1.8 m tall ratite that runs up to 50 km/h, drinks daily, and once "lost" a war against Australian troops.
About birds starting with E
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