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Which species of migrating birds fly the highest?
Bar-headed geese
Scops owl
Peregrine falcon
Black vulture
Bar-headed geese are the highest-flying migratory birds, regularly reaching altitudes of up to five and a half miles above sea level while flying over the Himalayas in India.
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In which Indian state do the Amur falcons stop while migrating from Russia to Southeastern Africa?
Tamil Nadu
Punjab
Nagaland
West Bengal
The Amur falcons breed in northeastern Asia, including Southeast Siberia, Mongolia, China and North Korea. During their wintering migration to southern Africa these falcons exhibit flocking behaviour. They make a stop in Northeast India, especially the Nagaland State.
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Which species of flightless birds are also known to migrate?
Adélie penguins are known to trek an average 13,000 km every year, following the sun from their breeding colony to their winter grounds in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica and back.