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Ivory-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)

cocoa woodcreeper

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Facts

Also Known As	woodhewer • Dendrocolaptinae

Photos

Ivory-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)

cocoa woodcreeper

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Topics

scythebill barred woodcreeper plain-brown woodcreeper ivory-billed woodcreeper Dendrocolaptidae antbird Furnariidae tapaculo Conopophagidae

Quiz

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

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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

Animal Group Names

vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.

Animal Factoids

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

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