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Birds (Aves)

Birds are warm-blooded vertebrate animals that have bodies covered with feathers, are born out of a hard-shelled egg, have wings, no teeth, and a skeleton in which many bones are fused together or are absent. Birds that have the ability to fly have strong, hollow bones and powerful flight muscles.

English Name: American KestrelSpanish Name: cernícalo americanoScientific Name: Falco sparverius Photographer: William HornbakerCopyright: © 2008 ASDM	English Name: Barn OwlSpanish Name: lechuza de campanarioScientific Name: Tyto alba Photographer: Rhonda SpencerCopyright: © 2007 Rhonda Spencer	English Name: Burrowing OwlSpanish Name: tecolote llaneroScientific Name: Athene cunicularia Photographer: Paul and Joyce BerquistCopyright: © 2007 Paul and Joyce Berquist	English Name: Cactus WrenSpanish Name: comesebaScientific Name: Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Photographer: Paul BerquistCopyright: © 1990 Paul Berquist
English Name: Elf OwlSpanish Name: tecolote enanoScientific Name: Micrathene whitneyi Photographer: Paul and Joyce BerquistCopyright: © 2007 Paul and Joyce Berquist	English Name: Gambel's QuailSpanish Name: godornizScientific Name: Callipepla gambelii Photographer: Paul BerquistCopyright: © 1991 Paul Berquist	English Name: Gila WoodpeckerSpanish Name: carpintero de GilaScientific Name: Melanerpes uropygialis Photographer: Paul and Joyce BerquistCopyright: © 1990 Paul Berquist	English Name: Great Horned OwlSpanish Name: lechuzaScientific Name: Bubo virginianus Photographer: Paul BerquistCopyright: © 1999 Paul Berquist
English Name: Greater RoadrunnerSpanish Name: correcaminosScientific Name: Geococcyx californianus Photographer: Bob SandCopyright: © 2010 Bob Sand	English Name: Harris' HawkSpanish Name: aguililla cinchadaScientific Name: Parabuteo unicinctus Photographer: Michael MuellerCopyright: © 2008 Michael Mueller	English Name: Red-Tailed HawkSpanish Name: gavilánScientific Name: Buteo jamaicensis Photographer: Paul and Joyce BerquistCopyright: © 1990 Paul Berquist	English Name: Rufous HummingbirdSpanish Name: huparrosa amarilla, chuparrosa rufaScientific Name: Selasphorus rufus Photographer: Angella ParkerCopyright: © 2010 Angella Parker
English Name: Thick-billed ParrotSpanish Name: cotorra serrana, cotorra-serrana occidentalScientific Name: Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha Photographer: James FlynnCopyright: © 1990 James Flynn	English Name: Western Screech OwlSpanish Name: tecolote occidentalScientific Name: Otus kennicottii Photographer: Paul and Joyce BerquistCopyright: © 2007 Paul and Joyce Berquist	English Name: White-winged doveSpanish Name: paloma pitahayeraScientific Name: Zenaida asiatica Photographer: Rhonda SpencerCopyright: © 2006 Rhonda Spencer
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