Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2008

For the King's Guard was about to award a knighthood to what was already the world's most decorated penguin The King's Guard has adopted the penguin at the zoo. As Lieutenant-Colonel Ingrid Gjerde surveyed the scene before her in Edinburgh yesterday, she must have wondered whether she was dreaming. Update - They have it on video!

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Norway Penguins Ostriches Iraq 100

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

The Emu is the second largest living bird in the world by height, second only to the Ostrich. All the information on the Emu in this post was gleaned from Wikipedia (with loads more information) but here are a few other good sources: Unique Australia Animals , the San Diego Zoo , and the Internet Bird Collection. References: 1 Emu.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. ” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 275

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JUNE 2, 2018

And Great Tinamou gets knocked from its taxonomic top spot (a position that it has held since day 1) by the Common Ostrich. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Kruger NP Central Park.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Kruger NP Central Park.

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JULY 7, 2018

Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. The Year List has been boosted to 1999 and the Life List has passed another landmark to reach 3519. 23 May 2018. 12 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100