The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a passerine species of bird in the larger bunting family. It originated in Eurasia and has since been introduced to New Zealand and Australia where it now thrives.

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The paradise tanager (Tanagara chienisis) is a brightly colored mid-sized songbird, sized between 13.5 and 15cm. It is found from the northern Amazon Basin all the way to South America.

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The blue-grey tanager (Thraupis episcopus) is a mid-sized songbird. Its range extends from Mexico all the way south to Bolivia and northern Brazil, encompassing the entire Amazon Basin.

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The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is a small kingfisher with several subspecies. It is most often found across Eurasia and North Africa.

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The red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) is a bird in the Capitonidae family.

Its range extends from the high forests of Costa Rica, Panama, into the Andes, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Nothern Peru. Found primarily in the highland forested areas of these countries.

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The Blythes starling or Chestnut-tailed starling is also known as the grey-headed myna (Surnia malabarica). It is a partially migratory member of the starling family and is primarily found in wooded areas of India and Southeast Asia.

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The Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a mid-sized bird species in the woodpecker family. Its range extends from North America across parts of Central America, the Cayman Islands, and Cuba. It is one of the few birds in the woodpecker family that actually migrates.

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The tui (Prosthemadera novaeselandiae) is pronounced tūī in Māori. It is found across New Zealand, it is an endmicpasserine bird. It is one of larger birds in the Australasian honeyeater family, of which only two are found in New Zealand. The other being the smaller New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura).

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The Lady Amherst’s pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) is a species of bird in the order Galliformes from the Phasianidae family. It is a game bird that originated in mainland China.

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The resplendent quetzal  (Pharomachrus mocinno) is a species of bird in the trogon family. It is found from Chiapas, Mexico all the way to western Panama.

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The New Zealand bellbird (Antornis melanura) is a bird species in the passerine family of birds. It is found widely across the islands of New Zealand. It is also known by its Māori names korimako and makomako.

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The plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the Psittacidae family. Found in the Indian Subcontinent it was once associated with the blossom-headed parakeet, however, it was later given full species status.

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The grey warbler (Gergone igata). is also known as the grey gergone. It is an insectivorous species of bird in the great Acantizidaeendemic family and is native to New Zealand. It is also known by its Māori name riroriro.

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The yellow-crowned bishop (Eupleces afer) is a bird species in ploceidae family. A passerinebird, it is native to the Sahara area of Africa.

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The golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) is also known by the names rainbow pheasand and Chinese pheasant. A species of gamebird, it is from the order Galliformes in the family phasianidae. Native to mainland China there is also a feral colony in England.

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The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), is also known by the name robin or robin redbreast in the United Kingdom. This species of bird is an insectivourspasserinebird, now classified as an Old World flycatcher.

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The red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Uraegintus bengalus is bird species in the family Estrldidae. A small passerine bird, this finch tends to live in the drier areas of the sub-Sahara region.

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The white-browed tit-warbler (Leptopocecile sophiae) is a species of bird belonging to the Aegithalidae family. It is found in the Tian Shan province of mainland China. It can be found in the Himalayas to, but mainly in the winter time.

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As its name suggests the Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo) is found on the Indian subcontinent. It is a species of oriole once considered to be a subspecies of the Eurasian golden oriole. however, it now has full species status.

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