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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

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It confirms many of the once-radical notions put forward or refined by Shannon Hackett and her colleagues in 2008, and several since, and it proposes solutions to some of the most deeply unresolved questions about how major bird groups are related to each other. ( In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. Jarvis et al.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Burchell’s Starling – Lamprotornis australis. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. African Pied Wagtail – Motacilla aguimp.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Burchell’s Starling – Lamprotornis australis. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. African Pied Wagtail – Motacilla aguimp.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Burchell’s Starling – Lamprotornis australis. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. African Pied Wagtail – Motacilla aguimp.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). A big thank you must also go to eBird whose listing software makes it possible. Best wishes to you all for 2019, keep safe and keep birding. 12 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). The year and life lists have been pushed to 2214 and 3564 respectively. Clare and Grant’s Partridge Pigeon should perhaps be worth 2? 23 May 2018.

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Collaborative list – August 2018

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Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Burchell’s Starling – Lamprotornis australis. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. African Pied Wagtail – Motacilla aguimp.

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