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  Parots - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Parots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The bill, with its elongated tip, is well adapted in most parrots for tearing up fruit and cracking nuts, and in a number of species the tongue is highly specialized for extracting honey by means of a brushlike tip.
The talent for imitating human speech is marked in the grey parrot Psittacus erithacus of Africa.
Alex, a 20-year-old African grey taking part in a long-term language project at the University of Arizona during 1996, can count up to six, name 100 objects and describe their colour, texture, and shape.
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 101 Taxonomy - www.101science.com
For instance, the bird Europeans commonly call a robin is a different species of bird from the robin Americans recognize.
The confusion ends when the birds are referred to by their scientific names: the European robin is Erithacus rubecula, while the American robin is Turdus migratorius.
When classifying organisms, scientists study a wide range of features, including those visible to the naked eye, those detectable only under a microscope, and those that can be determined only by chemical tests.
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 Encyclopedia: National emblem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Jump to: navigation, search Country of origin United Kingdom Classification and breed standards For information about many breeds of the bulldog type, see Bulldog breeds.
Binomial name Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
Binomial name Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey indigenous to North America, and is the national symbol of the United States.
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