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Japanese Tit
Parus minor
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Hydrobates markhami
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Eremalauda dunni
White-throated Hawk
Buteo albigula
Ameline Swiftlet
Aerodramus amelis
Gray-winged Francolin
Scleroptila afra
Chilean Hawk
Accipiter chilensis
European Bee-eater
Merops apiaster
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
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Ross's Goose
Anser rossii
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Cygnus olor
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Larus occidentalis
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Scotopelia bouvieri
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Spizaetus isidori
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Eremalauda dunni
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Buteo ventralis
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