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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

10,000 Birds

clockwise from top left) Common Loon ( Gavia immer ), Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ), Black-footed Albatross ( Phoebastria nigripes ), Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis ), White Ibis ( Eudocimus albus ), Marabou Stork ( Leptoptilos crumeniferus ), Pied Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax varius ). Jarvis et al. Remaining Afroaves.

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Mega Rarity Tour of New Zealand – Extinction Special

10,000 Birds

Hopefully you haven’t drunk too much the night before as there will be plenty of bird watching from the ferry, picking up albatrosses and shearwaters like Scarlett’s Shearwater. In Cantebury, where there are moa there might be Haast’s Eagles. We must fight to save every species we can, every ecosystem, every niche.