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Extinction Week Recap

10,000 Birds

The prehistoric extinctions most famously include the megafaunal assemblages of Europe, the Americas, Australia and Madagascar. And some of the extinctions were of small animals, like the many dwarf goats and elephants in the Mediterranean. Some of these giants were lost surprisingly recently – the last mammoths around 1700 BC.

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Mega Rarity Tour of New Zealand – Extinction Special

10,000 Birds

This attractive relative of Australia’s Maned Duck is the most common duck you’ll see on the tour, but visitors always love seeing them and their ubiquity doesn’t detract from their attractiveness. And birders familiar with Australia will certainly recognize the local race of the Brown Goshawk. So, what do you think?