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| bufflehead |
a small North American duck that has black and white feathers and a bushy head. |
| gull1 |
a water bird that has webbed feet, gray and white feathers, and long, pointed wings. They are graceful and powerful in flight. |
| prairie chicken |
either of two henlike grouse of the North American prairies that have reddish, brownish, black, and white feathers; prairie hen; prairie fowl. |
| puffin |
a northern sea bird with black and white feathers and a large, flat, colorful bill. |
| Rhode Island White |
any of an American breed of chicken with white feathers and a red comb. |
| snow bunting |
a small bird of cold northern regions with predominantly white feathers. |
| tui |
a dark bluish to black bird of New Zealand that has a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, and is able to mimic human speech. |
| whippoorwill |
a bird with gray, black, and white feathers that lives in eastern North America and eats insects. The whippoorwill sings at night, and its call sounds like its name. |
| whooping crane |
a large North American bird, now rare, with black and white feathers and a loud, whooping call. |
| yellow-bellied sapsucker |
a North American sapsucker that has black and white feathers on its back, a redhead, and a yellowish abdomen. |
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