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India
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New zealand
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Norway
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Sydney
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Detailed explanation-1: -World’s oldest bird species has been discovered in New Zealand named Pelagornithids or Protodontopteryx ruthae. The fossil was found in Waipara Greensand site.
Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest known (from fossils) bird is the 150-million-year-old Archaeopteryx, but birds had evolved before then. A range of birds with more advanced features appeared soon after Archaeopteryx.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, recently returned to Midway Atoll! The beloved Laysan albatross, or mōlī, is at least 71 years old now.
Detailed explanation-4: -Scientists used CT scans to discover the skull embedded in the unassuming rocks, which were dug up in Belgium.
Detailed explanation-5: -The oldest known fossil unambiguously identified as a bird is still the dinosaur-like Archaeopteryx, from the Solnhofen Limestone of the Upper Jurassic of Germany.