10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

2008), but how the bombycillid lineages are related to each other, and whether the various subgroups deserve family, subfamily, or tribe status, all still remains to be seen. The Hypocolius (sometimes styled as Grey Hypocolius , Hypocolius ampelinus ) is a fruit-eating, migratory bird of southwest Asia. Spellman et al. Spellman et al.

Saudi Arabia 220

Saudi Arabia 2008 Indonesia Groups 220

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DECEMBER 24, 2015

“The Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected bird species in Serbia, as well as in the European Union. It belongs to a group of species of special conservation concern, which under the European Birds Directive requires Member States to designate Special Protection Areas (Annex I species).

Serbia 184

Serbia Protection Europe 2015 184

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MARCH 25, 2011

The Black Stork ( Ciconia nigra ) has a very wide distribution in the Old World, ranging from Spain (an isolated population) and northern France through central and eastern Europe all across northern and central Asia to the Pacific coast of Russia and China. It was therefore well worth having to clean my desk of the coffee I spilled.

Germany 151

Germany Asia China Russia 151

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JUNE 2, 2020

The book covers 77 species; 105 taxa (species and subspecies): 45 Birds of Paradise species, 4 species formerly classified as Birds of Paradise (Satinbirds and MacGregor’s Honeyeater), and 28 Bowerbird species.* Introduction. It is, he says, “probably the most extreme examples of sexual dimorphism” (p.

Guinea 264

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 264

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Otto Finsch, when describing the species in 1874, wrote “I scarcely remember a bird which has puzzled me in respect of its generic position so much as this curious little creature” It has variously been considered a fairy-wren, and Australian robin, a bird of paradise and most recently a monarch-flycatcher.

Horses 166

Horses France North America Fiji 166

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

Ducks 121

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 121