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Black-necked swan (Cygnus melanocoryphus), Argentina (Photograph by Tim Knight)
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Black-necked ostriches, indigenous to South Africa, are now being raised in several states, including Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango, Sonora, Nuevo León and Baja California Sur.
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Black-necked ostriches, indigenous to South Africa, are now being raised in several states, including Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango, Sonora, Nuevo León and Baja California Sur.
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Black-necked cranes (Grus nigricollis) and pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) also breed here.
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Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus asiaticus), India (Photograph by Tony Coatsworth)
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Black-necked cranes, Siberian swans and black cormorants are among 189 species that spend part of each year here hunting and building nests near the homes of Tibetan families.
To The U.S. Treasury Secretary: China Is Your Worst Nightmare, Sir 2007
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A photo caption notes that "The ruby-throated warbler i.e., Ms. Midler hopes to assist the Black-necked Hawaiian Stilt and other birds."
Bette Midler's for the Birds John L. Trapp 2002
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A photo caption notes that "The ruby-throated warbler i.e., Ms. Midler hopes to assist the Black-necked Hawaiian Stilt and other birds."
Archive 2002-06-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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The beautiful freshwater lakes, on the rugged crests of greatly elevated islands, wherein the Red and Black-necked Divers swim as proudly as swans do in other latitudes, and where the fish appear to have been cast as strayed beings from the surplus food of the ocean.
John James Audubon Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 1902
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The beautiful freshwater lakes, on the rugged crests of greatly elevated islands, wherein the Red and Black-necked Divers swim as proudly as swans do in other latitudes, and where the fish appear to have been cast as strayed beings from the surplus food of the ocean.
John James Audubon John Burroughs 1879
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