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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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And when writing a field guide, it is accepted practice to adopt one of the above and to stick to it, with any questions or disagreements safely ensconced in the text, not in an actual change of species. They also occasionally show breeding colonies or isolated populations, possible occurrences, and directions of range expansion.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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A paper on the Chestnut-vented Nuthatch titled “Nest-Site Features and Breeding Ecology of Chestnut-Vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis in Southwestern China” has 8 authors. The HBW has a helpful editor’s note dating from 2016 stating that the species account is still being edited. ” Oh my, are we important.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere. The Puerto Rican Parrot and its captive-breeding program has been extensively studied, as has the Pearly-eyed Thrasher, among others. The Puerto Rican Vireo is declining. Fish & Wildlife Service.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2022

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It starts as follows: “Historical variations (1966–2016) in the exposure to inorganic elements in raptors of South West Spain have been little studied.” A bit like being adopted, I guess. ” Given that the current account was prepared in 2016, I am not holding my breath though. salvadori ).”

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