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Ornithology Collections

Anna's hummingbird is one of 152 North American bird species that will have a different common name in the coming years.

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North American Birds Will No Longer Be Named After People

Renaming birds isn’t new, but this official change could be the start of something larger.

Roxanne Hoorn November 9, 2023

This plate from <em>Birds of America</em> depicts the American Flamingo.

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The Centuries-Old Mystery of How Florida Got Its Flamingos

How did these statuesque birds get to the peninsula, and where did they go?

Jessica Leigh Hester February 22, 2018

Anniston, Alabama

Anniston Museum

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

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Society Adventures: The Moore Lab of Zoology

Matthew Blitz March 1, 2013