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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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It is mostly a question of economics – raising just one is troublesome enough given the resources required to feed and educate the chick. Some examples of animal names working the other way around – with the Latin name sounding naughty – can be found here. A relative of this species is the Yellow-bellied Tit.

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

10,000 Birds

Superb Starlings avoid this when using helpers, much like rich people presumably reducing the stress of raising kids by hiring a couple of nannies. In a study in Israel, migrating Steppe Buzzard s were found to have much higher lice infestation rates than non-migratory Common Buzzards in the same region. Poor creatures.