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Bird Families N-Z Represented in Japanese Art
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Scientific FAMILY |
Name of one FAMILY member |
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NECTARINIIDAE |
olive-backed sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) |
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NUMIDIDAE |
helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) |
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ORIOLIDAE |
black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) |
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OTIDIDAE |
great bustard (Otis tarda) |
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PANDIONIDAE |
osprey (Pandion haliaetus) |
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PARADISAEIDAE |
greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) |
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PARADOXORNITHIDAE |
bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) |
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PARIDAE |
great tit (Parus major) |
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PASSERIDAE |
Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) |
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PELECANIDAE |
great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) |
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PHALACROCORACIDAE |
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
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PHASIANIDAE |
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) |
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PHOENICOPTERIDAE |
greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) |
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PICIDAE |
greater-spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
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PLOCEIDAE |
white-winged widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) |
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PODICEPEDIDAE |
little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) |
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PRUNELLIDAE |
Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida) |
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PSITTACIDAE |
blue-crowned hanging-parrot (Loriculus galgulus) |
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PTEROCLIDAE |
Pallas' sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) |
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PYCNONOTIDAE |
light-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) |
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RALLIDAE |
water rail (Rallus aquaticus) |
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RAMPHASTIDAE |
toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) |
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RAPHIDAE |
dodo (Raphus cucullatus) |
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RECURVIROSTRIDAE |
black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) |
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REGULIDAE |
goldcrest (Regulus regulus) |
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ROSTRATULIDAE |
greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) |
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SCOLOPACIDAE |
common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) |
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SITTIDAE |
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) |
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SPHENISCIDAE |
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)) |
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STRIGIDAE |
Ural owl (Strix uralensis) |
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STRUTHIONIDAE |
ostrich (Struthio camelus) |
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STURNIDAE |
white-cheeked starling (Sturnus cineraceus) |
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SULIDAE |
blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) |
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SYLVIIDAE |
Japanese bush-warbler (Cettia diphone) |
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TETRAONIDAE |
rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) |
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THRAUPIDAE |
red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata) |
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THRESKIORNITHIDAE |
crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) |
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TIMALIIDAE |
red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) |
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TROCHILIDAE |
rufous hummmingbird (Selasphorus rufus) |
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TROGLODYTIDAE |
winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)) |
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TROGONIDAE |
resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) |
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TURDIDAE |
dusky thrush (Turdus naumanni) |
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UPUPIDAE |
Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) |
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VIDUIDAE |
straw-tailed whydah (Vidua fischeri) |
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ZOSTEROPIDAE |
Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) |
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