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Birding Tan Phu Forest, Vietnam (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

This traditional lifestyle fits well with its unexciting species name of propinqua , meaning something like “related, similar, neighboring” – the kind of name unimaginative scientists give to a new species that looks too boring to merit naming it after some famous ornithologist or rich sponsor.

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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

10,000 Birds

The status of its preferred wetlands throughout the year dictates movements that often results in a nomadic lifestyle. Egg harvesting to sell as food was intensive then, with thousands taken annually from the breeding colonies in Chile. This may include long distance movements in short periods of time.

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