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Flights of Passage: a book review

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2021

Flights of Passage describes the seasonal travels of 67 species from different parts of the globe, “chosen to showcase migratory behavior,” the authors say, “across a broad spectrum.” First is the dramatic effect very recent technologies have on our knowledge of migration, our ability to solve longstanding mysteries.

Alaska

Alaska Breeding Kenya Africa

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

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

It’s an intriguing proposal — none of these birds had belonged much of anywhere before (heck, bustards were dumped in Gruiformes with cranes and rails) — and it means that birds adapted either to arboreal or to ground-dwelling lifestyles more than once within the clade.

Family

Family Birds Parrots 2014

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Flights of Passage: a book review

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

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