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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

to the ongoing conservation of breeding Lesser Flamingos at Kimberley’s Kamfers Dam to the Albatross Task Force, which works with fishermen to find solutions to seabird bycatch (birds caught in fishermen’s nets). The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 255

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DECEMBER 20, 2014

The new 48-genome analysis included only ostrich and tinamou DNA, so it doesn’t shed further light on paleognath interrelationships, but it does reinforce their distinctiveness from all other living birds. Now it’s late 2014, six and a half years later, and here’s what we know today. Open Jarvis et al.’s Jarvis et al.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

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JUNE 2, 2018

And Great Tinamou gets knocked from its taxonomic top spot (a position that it has held since day 1) by the Common Ostrich. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Black-footed Albatross – Phoebastria nigripes. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Glacier Bay. 24 Jul 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Black-footed Albatross – Phoebastria nigripes. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Glacier Bay. 24 Jul 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Black-footed Albatross – Phoebastria nigripes. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Glacier Bay. 24 Jul 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 102

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113