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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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For endangered species, red and gray tabs at the top of the page indicate level of threatened status from the IUCN and the Libro Rogo de los Vertebrados Cubanos (Red Data Book for Cuban Vertebrates). The book includes lots of space for Notes. This means that it has some interesting features, which may or may not work in practice.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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” The website www.jwcpheasants.com seems to endorse polygamy for this species despite this being illegal in the USA for other animals such as humans. He also wrote some books on Burma, one of which (“A Civil Servant in Burma”) Wikipedia calls a classic.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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Unfortunately, Hen Harriers die disproportionally near British Grouse moors – most likely killed illegally by people hunting grouse for sports ( source ). On the other hand, in the West, mice, and rats are also kept as pets, maybe with the same logic. There is (or was?)

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