Migrating Birds

Migration Introduction

Booted eagleSiberian crane Grey jungle fowlBrown fish owlMonarch butterfly

Migration is when some animals or birds travel long distances to escape cold weather ,in search of food and to breed , this long journey of animals and birds is referred to migration .

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Booted eagle

• Scientific name :  Hieraaetus pennatus• Found in :  open areas like desserts or grassland or even

on sea cliffs.• Migrating : In Europe, most Booted Eagles are migratory.

Only few spent the winter in southern Europe, for example in southern France or Spain. Most Booted Eagles leave Europe in the 2nd half of September and early October. They return between the end of February and the beginning of April . The young leave the breeding area before their parents.

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Siberian crane

• Scientific name : Grus leucogeranus• Found in :Western siberian• Migrating place : The eastern populations migrate

during winter to China while the western population winters in Iran and formerly, in India and Nepal.

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Grey jungle fowl

• Scientific name : Sonnerat's jungle fowl• Found in : India• Migrating :They do not migrate

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Brown fish owl• Found in : thick lowland forest and open but

well-wooded country, always near water. They can also be found in old mango groves or plantations.

• Migrating :They do not migrate• Scientific name : Bubo zeylonensis

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MONARCH BUTTERFLY•Scientific name :Danaus plexippus•Found in :Mexico•Migrating : They migrate  across North America. Eastern/northeastern populations migrate from southern Canada and the United states to overwintering sites in central Mexico. Similarly, the western population migrate seasonally from regions between the Rocky Mountains and the coast of California. Monarchs also perform small distance migrations in Australia and New Zealand.

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