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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)

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The book hastens to assure us that “we may safely assume that it referred only to bright plumage” While larger, the White-eared Honeyeater seems to follow a somewhat similar color scheme. It is probably a rumor that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning kangaroos is illegal, but why take the risk?

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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Back home I meticulously planned the perfect birding route based on our explorations, made the bookings and confirmed the first commercial birding tour to Ghana. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. million hectares in 2007.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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Lynx Edicions, the ornithological (and now mammal) publisher that gave us the Handbook of the Birds of the World , has now published Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea , by James A. So–the book covers islands that belong to the Republic of Indonesia and to Malaysia. Back of the Book.

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