Mimidae

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Common mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos).

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Common mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos).

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mockingbird Mimus Galápagos mockingbird thrasher blue mockingbird North American catbird black catbird common mockingbird tropical mockingbird brown thrasher bird-of-paradise wood warbler shrike bowerbird tanager vireo wren thrush drongo Hawaiian honeycreeper

turkey vulture. vulture. Close-up of a head and beak of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

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pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae

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Lion (panthera leo)

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

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The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024

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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)

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A male cardinal perched in a tree (birds, redbirds).

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