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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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It divides countries into categories, where the next category has 200 more species. In some cases the data are outdated, e.g. Costa Rica has 900 and not 800 species, but I made no corrections, remaining faithful to the original map data. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands.

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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

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Fearing that a natural disaster, introduced species, or disease could wipe this fragile population out, the U.S. Further, fitting the birds with bands and radio transmitters, as well as monitoring them in the field , has greatly expanded scientific understanding about the species and its behavior. Photo of the Nihoa Millerbird by S.

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Asia’s Deadliest Bird: The Brown Prinia

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From a birder’s perspective however, this is both a shame and a blessing, as I will show below based on my observations of the species on the island of Java in November. The prinias are a group of around 25 Old World warbler species found in Africa and Asia. The Brown Prinia is an Asian species with a very peculiar range.

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My Top Ten Birds of 2016 (or, Let’s Remember the Good Things about 2016)

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The answer was right in front of me, a bit to the right, an adult keeping an eye on oblivious tourists, the nest deep within the tree. (2) Greater Adjutants are huge birds that were once widespread across much of Southeast Asia; today there are two small breeding populations in India and Cambodia. 2) Plum-headed Parakeet.

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