Word: jagana
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...birds in a single year, finds Texas bird life more varied than any other state's. It includes such bait for bird watchers as the caracara (an oddball falcon that eats carrion), the chachalaca (only guan in North America), the roadrunner (a giant, snake-killing cuckoo) and the jagana (a long-toed "lily trotter"). Altogether, there are 487 different "basic species" which occur regularly, plus 55 accidentals (recorded fewer than five times), for a grand total of 542 species. This leaves California, notes Birder Peterson, "a poor second with nearly 100 fewer specimens...
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