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Birds Goldcrest – Animals Coloring Book Pages Sheet

The goldcrest is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the “king of the birds” in European folklore. The scientific name, R. regulus, means king or knight.

 

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Birds Gnatcatcher – Animals Coloring Book Pages Sheet

The 15 to 20 species of small passerine birds in the gnatcatcher family occur in North and South America. Most species of this mainly tropical and subtropical group are resident, but the blue-grey gnatcatcher of the United States and southern Canada migrates south in winter. They are close relatives of the wrens.

 

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Birds Gannet – Animals Coloring Book Pages Sheet

Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies. “Gannet” is derived from Old English ganot “strong or masculine”, ultimately from the same Old Germanic root as “gander”.

 

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