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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

The population of parrotlets they studied was located on one of the many huge hatos (cattle ranches) in the Venezuelan llanos, a vast swath of flat flooded savannah in the central third of the country that drains into the Rio Orinoco. You don’t really know a bird until you’ve studied it on its breeding grounds. The Auk 108: 863-871.

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Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 269
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The Fate of the Florida Anis

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2013

Interestingly, perhaps explaining their widespread distribution that includes many islands, I have observed anis soaring in Venezuela much like a vulture or raptor. According to the Florida Breeding Bird Atlas, the first confirmed breeding record was in Miami in July of 1938. Diet is composed mostly of large insects.

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