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Mingo National Wildlife Refuge

Index Mingo National Wildlife Refuge

The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge is a 21,676-acre (87.7-km2) National Wildlife Refuge located in northwestern Stoddard and southeastern Wayne counties in Missouri. [1]

56 relations: Anseriformes, Bald eagle, Bass (fish), Bird migration, Bittern, Bluegill, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Catfish, Coot, Cormorant, Crappie, Crowley's Ridge, Cupressaceae, Deer, Drainage district, Duck, Dunklin County, Missouri, Goose, Great Depression, Grebe, Gull, Heron, Hill, Ibis, Lake Wappapello, Limestone, List of National Wildlife Refuges of the United States, Loon, Louisiana Purchase, Mingo, Mingo Wilderness, Mississippi Flyway, Mississippi River, Missouri, Missouri Bootheel, Missouri General Assembly, National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio River, Ozarks, Pelican, Peregrine falcon, Puxico, Missouri, Rail (bird), Squirrel, St. Francis River, Stoddard County, Missouri, Swamp, Swan, Tern, Tupelo, ..., United States, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Wader, Wayne County, Missouri, Whooping crane, Wild turkey. Expand index (6 more) »

Anseriformes

Anseriformes is an order of birds that comprise about 180 living species in three families: Anhimidae (the screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.

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Bald eagle

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, from Greek ἅλς, hals "sea", αἰετός aietos "eagle", λευκός, leukos "white", κεφαλή, kephalē "head") is a bird of prey found in North America.

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Bass (fish)

Bass is a name shared by many species of fish.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds.

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Bittern

Bittern is a common name given to birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae.

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Bluegill

The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is a species of freshwater fish sometimes referred to as bream, brim, or copper nose.

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Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Cape Girardeau (Cap-Girardeau; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Catfish

Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.

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Coot

Coots are small water birds that are members of the rail family, Rallidae.

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Cormorant

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.

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Crappie

Crappies are a genus, Pomoxis, of North American fresh water fish in the sunfish family Centrarchidae.

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Crowley's Ridge

Crowley's Ridge (also Crowleys Ridge) is an unusual geological formation that rises 250 to above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas.

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Cupressaceae

Cupressaceae is a conifer family, the cypress family, with worldwide distribution.

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Deer

Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.

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Drainage district

Drainage districts occur in England and Wales, varying in size from a few hundred acres to over, all in low-lying areas of the country where flood risk management and land drainage are sensitive issues.

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Duck

Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the waterfowl family Anatidae, which also includes swans and geese.

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Dunklin County, Missouri

Dunklin County is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Goose

Geese are waterfowl of the family Anatidae.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Grebe

A grebe is a member of the order Podicipediformes and the only type of bird associated with this order.

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Gull

Gulls or seagulls are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari.

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Heron

The herons are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.

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Hill

A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain.

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Ibis

The ibises (collective plural ibis; classical plurals ibides and ibes) are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains.

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Lake Wappapello

Lake Wappapello is a reservoir on the St. Francis River, formed by Wappapello Dam.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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List of National Wildlife Refuges of the United States

As of 2012, there are 556 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, with the addition of the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area.

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Loon

The loons (North America) or divers (Great Britain/Ireland) are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia.

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Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase (Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.

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Mingo

The Mingo people are an Iroquoian-speaking group of Native Americans made up of peoples who migrated west to the Ohio Country in the mid-18th century, primarily Seneca and Cayuga.

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Mingo Wilderness

Mingo Wilderness is an 8,000 acre (32 km2) U.S. Wilderness Area located in southeastern Missouri in the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge.

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Mississippi Flyway

The Mississippi Flyway is a bird migration route that generally follows the Mississippi River in the United States and the Mackenzie River in Canada.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Missouri Bootheel

The Missouri Bootheel is the southeasternmost part of the state of Missouri, extending south of 36°30' north latitude, so called because its shape in relation to the rest of the state resembles the heel of a boot.

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Missouri General Assembly

The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri.

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National Wildlife Refuge

National Wildlife Refuge System is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States.

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Ozarks

The Ozarks, also referred to as the Ozark Mountains and Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

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Pelican

Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae.

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Peregrine falcon

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.

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Puxico, Missouri

Puxico is a city in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States.

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Rail (bird)

The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized ground-living birds.

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Squirrel

Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents.

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St. Francis River

The St.

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Stoddard County, Missouri

Stoddard County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Swamp

A swamp is a wetland that is forested.

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Swan

Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus.

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Tern

Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands.

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Tupelo

Tupelo, genus Nyssa, is a small genus of deciduous trees with alternate, simple leaves.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency of the federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats.

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Wader

Waders are birds commonly found along shorelines and mudflats that wade in order to forage for food (such as insects or crustaceans) in the mud or sand.

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Wayne County, Missouri

Wayne County is a county located in the Ozark foothills in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Whooping crane

The whooping crane (Grus americana), the tallest North American bird, is an endangered crane species named for its whooping sound.

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Wild turkey

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland ground bird native to North America and is the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingo_National_Wildlife_Refuge

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