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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada.

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I and the Bird: What is a Wren?

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We’re spoiled then, in the northern Americas, by our loud and garrulous wrens.

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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

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That is where I chose the Avibase world checklist database (avibase.bsc-eoc.org), designed and maintained by Denis Lepage and hosted by Bird Studies Canada. United States 1160 12. Argentina 1046 19. Venezuela 1417 8. China 1410 9. India 1341 10. Democratic Republic of Congo 1185 11.

Uganda 258