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

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Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada. Perhaps the most important threat to the Red Knot is climate change.

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I and the Bird: What is a Wren?

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Wren Babblers are befitting the name as skulking songsters, and while Australian Fairy Wrens may not be true wrens due to their ostentatious, though beautiful, plumage they fill the lovable little garden bird domain pretty well on a continent that has so many unusual caveats with regard to its wildlife.

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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

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United States 1160 12. Argentina 1046 19. The most bird-rich northeast of India includes e.g. the Kaziranga NP and the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, respectively, together with the world’s largest Amur Falcon roost in Nagaland. Venezuela 1417 8. China 1410 9.

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