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Slide 1 Class Aves: Birds GA State Bird – Brown Thrasher GA State Game Bird – Bob White Quail Slide 2 African gray parrot Great horned owl Peregrine falcon Blue heron…
Slide 1 Chapter Geography of Evolution Platyrrhini Catarrhini Slide 2 Figure 6.2 Biogeographic realms Slide 3 Figure 6.4 Provinces, or regions of endemism, in Australia,…
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Feather Color I Pigments can be in the keratin Melanins: black to light tan or grey Carotenoids; red, orange, yellow, blue, green Porphyrins: red (magenta), brown, green…
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