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EOL Skillbuilder 2: Europe Bird ID

Look through this identification guide of common South American birds to see if you can identify the birds in your classroom! Look carefully at all the field markings, some birds have similar colors, body shapes, and bills.

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Dendrocopos major
European Green Woodpecker 2
Picus viridis
European Bee-Eater 3
Merops apiaster
Common Kingfisher 4
Alcedo atthis
White Stork 5
Ciconia ciconia
Common Crane 6
Grus grus
Black Grouse 3
Tetrao tetrix
Mew Gull 7
Larus canus
Atlantic Puffin 8
Fratercula arctica
Eurasian Kestrel 9
Falco tinnunculus
Common Swift 10
Apus apus
Green-winged Teal 11
Anas crecca
Mallard 12
Anas platyrhynchos
Tufted Duck 13
Aythya fuligula
Canada Goose 14
Branta canadensis
Barnacle Goose 15
Branta leucopsis
Egyptian Goose 16
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Barn Swallow 17
Hirundo rustica
European Robin 18
Erithacus rubecula
Italian Sparrow 19
Passer italiae
White Wagtail 20
Motacilla alba
Eurasian Magpie 21
Pica pica
Common Chaffinch 22
Fringilla coelebs
European Goldfinch 23
Carduelis carduelis

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