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Upland birds include northern hawk-owl, spruce grouse, and boreal chickadee.
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Others, like the snowy, great gray and Northern hawk-owl, are rare.
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Others, like the snowy, great gray and Northern hawk-owl, are rare.
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Family Common Name Species Accipitridae Nicobar serpent-eagle Spilornis minimus* Accipitridae Nicobar sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri* Megapodiidae Nicobar scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis** Columbidae Andaman wood-pigeon Columba palumboides Columbidae Andaman cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis Psittacidae Nicobar parakeet Psittacula caniceps* Strigidae Andaman hawk-owl Ninox affinis Sturnidae White-headed starling Sturnus erythropygius Pycnonotidae Nicobar bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis** An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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The small hawk-owl which is altogether a Northern bird, is one of this kind. "
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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