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I Remember Elephants

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A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. Turn your eyes to the European Union which could have stopped it in 2016, but chose not to. Even worse is the situation with Forest Elephants Loxodonta cyclotis of jungles of Central and West Africa. One may say so.

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

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And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” 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.

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

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(SOPI) is the leading ornithological organization and it performs research, education, and outreach. Much of the research regarding Caribbean ecology and ornithology has been conducted in Puerto Rico. Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2022

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Of course, the paper ends with the usual thinly disguised request for more research grants: “This sharing behavior could indicate a high level of social awareness and prosociality that should be further investigated. A bit like being adopted, I guess. ” The feeling of not knowing about this is almost unbearable.

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Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

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The systematics and taxonomy used in this field guide follow the two volumes of the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo & Collar 2014, 2016) with some updates based on subsequent research that have already been adopted by BirdLife International and HBW Alive.