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I Remember Elephants

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The Great Elephant Census found that populations of Savanna Elephants Loxodonta africana have fallen by 30% between 2007 and 2014 (around 144,000 animals poached or population shrunk at a rate of 8% a year, a level higher than their reproduction rate; source https://peerj.com/articles/2354.pdf That was my first Savanna Elephant in the wild.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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Another bulbul with a crest is the Crested Finchbill , though by adopting the name finchbill rather than bulbul, it seems to want to keep a certain distance from its relatives (I can understand that feeling very well). The HBW has a helpful editor’s note dating from 2016 stating that the species account is still being edited.

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