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As with most — if not all — Ozarkian flora and fauna, I know of no birds or bats purely unique to the Ozarks. Still, just because these critters are elsewhere doesn't make them less important to the hills.
An Ozark Critter List:
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Screech Owl Otus asio
Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus
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Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifigus
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Length: 3-4 feet
What to look for: very large size; tail long, with black band near tip; male glossy brown, with bare, pale bluish head and red wattles; female smaller, duller
Habitat: oak and mesquite brush, deciduous woodlands, wooded bottomlands
— page 111, Wernett, Susan J., et al. North American Wildlife. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1986.
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