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THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA

10,000 Birds

This bird is known from only a dozen localities, with only a handful of individuals and a very fragmented habitat, hence the critically endangered status in the Red Book. We don’t really know – if we put aside already well documented habitat destruction. What are the threats? And they hide among leaves twice the size of owlet.

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The Search for the Rarest Owl of India

10,000 Birds

Now nearing 50 and duly lost in a mid-life crisis, Dragan Simic took to birding rather late – only half a lifetime ago, after successfully testing his inadequate skills in other life threatening activities, such as rock climbing and vertical caving. We don’t really know – if we put aside already well documented habitat destruction.

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