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  • ...nk Group]]WB, [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development|EBRD]], [[Asian Development Bank|ADB]], [[KfW|KWF German Fund]], [[Kuwait Fund for Arab Eco * Agreement on Establishment of the Central Asian Regional Union of the Countries of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (CARA);
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  • ...he [[Volga River|Volga]] and the [[Danube]], and the [[List of the longest Asian rivers|18th-longest river]] in [[Asia]]. The Ural River is conventionally c ...ref>Zonn, p. 178</ref> but that pushes "Europe" much further into "Central Asian" [[Kazakhstan]]. The Ural River bridge in [[Orenburg]] is even labeled wit
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  • ...scientific names) follow the conventions of ''[[The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World]]'', 6th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each Loons, known as divers in Europe, are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Europe. They are the size
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  • ...ast1=Snow |first1=D. W. |last2=Perrins |first2=C. M. |date=1998 |title=The Birds of the Western Palearctic |edition=Concise |publisher=Oxford University Pre ...Palmer |editor-first=Ralph S. |date=1976 |title=Handbook of North American Birds |volume=2 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |isbn=030001
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  • {{For|the South Asian species|Grey francolin}} ...pheasant family [[Phasianidae]] of the order [[Galliformes]], gallinaceous birds. The scientific name is the [[Latin]] for "partridge", and is itself derive
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  • The '''relict gull''' or ''' Central Asian gull''' (''Ichthyaetus relictus'') is a medium-sized [[gull]]. It was beli ...ngs on outer primaries, and no white leading edge to outer wing. Breeding birds have black hoods (including napes) with grey-brown foreheads, and broad, wh
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  • ...> It was once considered to be closely related to the [[bird migration|non-migratory]] [[tawny eagle]] (''Aquila rapax'') and the two forms have previously been ...]] ''A. n. nipalensis'' is larger and darker than the European and Central Asian ''A. n. orientalis''.
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  • The '''Terek sandpiper''' (''Xenus cinereus'') is a small [[bird migration|migratory]] [[Palearctic]] [[wader]] [[species]], the [[Monotypic taxon|only member]] ...are recorded in the [[Neotropics]], where they arrive either as migrating birds from Africa, or as North American strays accompanying local waders south fo
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  • ...nct head pattern, slightly browner back and breast, and white belly. Young birds have a scaly back and only traces of the head pattern. ...in [[Israel]], [[Syria]], [[Eritrea]], [[Sudan]] and north-west [[India]]. Birds winter occasionally in [[Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Oman]]. It is a ve
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  • ...d islands from southern [[Russia]] to [[Mongolia]]. It is [[bird migration|migratory]], wintering in the eastern [[Mediterranean]], [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] ...ndicates the vestiges of the hood. The call is a deep ''aargh'' cry. Young birds attain largely grey upperparts quite rapidly, but they take four years to r
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  • ...ref name= Gilbert/><ref name= Handbook>del Hoyo, et al., ''Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks''. Lynx Edicons (1992), ISBN 978-8 ...ts – Pelecanus crispus]. ARKive. Retrieved on 2012-08-22.</ref> Immature birds are grey and lack the pink facial patch of immature white pelicans. The loo
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  • ...4 September 2006 under the auspices of the [[Bonn Convention|Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)]], also known as the [[Bonn Convention]]. The ...on levels and restore the population status of these nomads of the Central Asian steppes.
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