
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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In an ornithological park, there are birds of several species, with a total of 2021 individuals. The birds are seated in a row, and it turns out that between any two birds of the same species, there is an even number of birds. What is the smallest number of bird species that could be?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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