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Walking / Running migrant bird

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Subject: Walking / Running migrant bird
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:16:43 +1000
I think you would need to be more specific. There are many birds that can't fly. Obvious examples are penguins, but we only have one species resident in Australia but it is not a migrant. Of course the Emperor Penguin walks great distances across the Antarctic when breeding but that is not Australia. The Emu walks everywhere but I don't think its travels are migratory. Many species that have evolved on islands have lost the ability to fly but they don't migrate either.
 
If you mean international walking migrants, obviously Australia has none. Maybe the Ostrich in Africa is (one continent with many nations).
 
Philip
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