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Near passerines Scarlet Ibis Brown Pelican Scarlet-chested Sunbird Sulfur-crested Cockatoo Use the profile cards to check your answers. Marabou Stork ACTIVITIES 33 Himalayan Monal Take flight Now work out whether these birds are migrants, partial migrants, or nonmigrants. M P NM Migrant Partial Nonmigratory Brown Kiwi Blue-crowned Trogon Brown Kiwi Marabou Stork Scarlet Ibis Bald Eagle Use the profile cards to make this exercise a soaring success. Brown Pelican Scarlet-chested Sunbird Mute Swan Sulfur-crested Cockatoo Laughing Kookaburra Mute Swan Bald Eagle Himalayan Monal 34 ACTIVITIES Flight paths The way birds fly varies according to wing shape and whether they need to travel short or long distances.
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