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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

10,000 Birds

The Andean Flamingo ( Phoenicopterus andinus ) is one of the three flamingos occurring in the high Andes of South America. Andean Flamingoes and Chilean Flamingo (far right) (Photo: Ron Knight – Flickr). The Andean Flamingo is now protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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Half Hardy

10,000 Birds

The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. Wicked, right? They are, for many birders in the eastern part of the continent, one of a short list of quintessential spring birds. The proposal from U.S.