40 relations: Abert's squirrel, Baja California, Beak, Bird, Bird colony, Bird nest, Blue jay, Clark's nutcracker, Common starling, Convergent evolution, Cooper's hawk, Downy woodpecker, Ecological niche, Eurasian jay, Fledge, Flock (birds), Gray fox, Hairy woodpecker, Horned owl, Jay, Juniper, Juniperus occidentalis, Live oak, Monotypic taxon, North America, Northern flicker, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pine, Pinus edulis, Pinus monophylla, Pinus ponderosa, Pinyon pine, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Quercus gambelii, Red-tailed hawk, Rock squirrel, Sharp-shinned hawk, Spotted owl, Steller's jay.
Abert's squirrel
Abert's squirrel, or tassel-eared squirrel, (Sciurus aberti) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to the Rocky Mountains from United States to Mexico, with concentrations found in Arizona, the Grand Canyon, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.
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Baja California
Baja CaliforniaSometimes informally referred to as Baja California Norte (North Lower California) to distinguish it from both the Baja California Peninsula, of which it forms the northern half, and Baja California Sur, the adjacent state that covers the southern half of the peninsula.
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Beak
The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds that is used for eating and for preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young.
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Bird
Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Bird colony
A bird colony is a large congregation of individuals of one or more species of bird that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location.
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Bird nest
A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young.
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Blue jay
The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to North America.
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Clark's nutcracker
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), sometimes referred to as Clark's crow or woodpecker crow, is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae.
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Common starling
The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae.
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Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.
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Cooper's hawk
Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from Southern Canada to Northern Mexico.
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Downy woodpecker
The downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) is a species of woodpecker, the smallest in North America.
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Ecological niche
In ecology, a niche (CanE, or) is the fit of a species living under specific environmental conditions.
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Eurasian jay
The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and further to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia.
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Fledge
Fledging is the stage in a volant animal's life between hatching or parturition and flight.
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Flock (birds)
A flock is a gathering of a group of same species animals in order to forage or travel with one another.
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Gray fox
The gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), or grey fox, is a carnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America.
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Hairy woodpecker
The hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) is a medium-sized woodpecker, averaging approximately in length with a wingspan.
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Horned owl
The American (North and South America) horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls make up the genus Bubo, at least as traditionally described.
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Jay
Jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family, Corvidae.
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Juniper
Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae.
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Juniperus occidentalis
Juniperus occidentalis (western juniper or Sierra juniper) is a shrub or tree native to the western United States, growing in mountains at altitudes of and rarely down to.
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Live oak
Live oak or evergreen oak is any of a number of oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that share the characteristic of evergreen foliage.
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Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
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North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.
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Northern flicker
The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.
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Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.
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Pine
A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.
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Pinus edulis
Pinus edulis, the Colorado pinyon, two-needle piñon, pinyon pine, or simply piñon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group whose ancestor was a member of the Madro-Tertiary Geoflora (a group of drought resistant trees) and is native to the United States.
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Pinus monophylla
Pinus monophylla, the single-leaf pinyon, (alternatively spelled piñon) is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to the United States and northwest Mexico.
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Pinus ponderosa
Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, or western yellow-pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to the western United States and Canada.
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Pinyon pine
The pinyon or piñon pine group grows in the southwestern United States, especially in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.
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Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (23 September 1782 – 3 February 1867) was a German explorer, ethnologist and naturalist.
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Quercus gambelii
Quercus gambelii, with the common name Gambel oak, is a deciduous small tree or large shrub that is widespread in the foothills and lower mountain elevations of western North America.
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Red-tailed hawk
The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies.
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Rock squirrel
The rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae and is native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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Sharp-shinned hawk
The sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) is a small hawk, with males being the smallest hawks in the United States and Canada, but with the species averaging larger than some Neotropical species, such as the tiny hawk.
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Spotted owl
The spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) is a species of true owl.
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Steller's jay
The Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the blue jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black head and upper body.
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Gymnokitta cyanocephala, Gymnorhinus, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus, Maximilian's Jay, Maximilian's jay, Pinon Jay, Pinon jay, Pinyon Jay, Piñon Jay, Piñon jay, Prince Maximilian's Jay, Prince Maximilian's jay.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyon_jay