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The Northern Mockingbird’s scientific name is Mimus polyglottos, which means “many-tongued mimic” in Latin!

The biggest threat to quetzals is the loss of their cloud forest habitat (home)!

There are now more than 300,000 Bald Eagles in the lower 48 United States!

Gulls have been flying into stories and art for centuries — like in 14th-century Welsh poems and Shakespeare’s plays!

The Red-cockaded Woodpecker only makes its home in living pine trees that are at least 80–100 years old!