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Welsh Report Shows Increased Animal Research at Cardiff University

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In four years it experimented on 157,839 mice, 17,324 rats, 11,096 fish, 1,941 birds, 1,253 guinea pigs, 933 pigeons, 884 frogs, 207 cats, 54 rabbits and 18 tree shrews from the tropics of south-east Asia.

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White-faced Herons

10,000 Birds

Other members of the family include the huge Australasian Bittern (a species I have yet to see), the coastal Eastern Reef Egret (hardly difficult since it’s habitat requirements are basically “an island in the Pacific”), and of course the Cattle Egret. They are generally solitary and pretty easy to see in the countryside.

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Duncan’s 2015 List

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. African Rock Pigeon, or Speckled Pigeon ( Columba guinea ); Johannesburg Airport, South Africa, 17 February. Great Egret or White Heron, ( Ardea alba ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. COLUMBIDAE (PIGEONS).

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Collaborative list – December 2019

10,000 Birds

Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Clark’s Grebe – Aechmophorus clarkii. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. 24 Dec 2019. Rock Pigeon – Columba livia. Nanhui Dongtan (????). 02 Dec 2019. Kambuga – Ntungamo, Nyakibale UG-Kisoro (-0.8026,29.9316). 03 Dec 2019. Little Senacre.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

10,000 Birds

Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Amazon Kingfisher – Chloroceryle amazona. 18 Oct 2019. Egyptian Goose – Alopochen aegyptiaca. Middleberg Plaza N4. 18 Oct 2019. Middleberg Plaza N4. 18 Oct 2019. Southern Fiscal – Lanius collaris. Middleberg Plaza N4. 18 Oct 2019. 18 Oct 2019.

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Collaborative list – August 2019

10,000 Birds

Guinea Turaco – Tauraco persa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Mourning Dove – Zenaida macroura. Santa Catalina Island–Avalon area. 01 Aug 2019. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. Tunnel Gully–Tane’s Track. 08 Aug 2019. University of Ghana Botanical Gardens. 17 Aug 2019. 12 Aug 2019.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

10,000 Birds

Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. UG-Hoima-Butiaba Road (1.6475,31.5802). 24 Nov 2019. African Pipit – Anthus cinnamomeus. UG-Hoima-Butiaba Road (1.6475,31.5802). 24 Nov 2019. UG-North Buganda Province-Kampala – Masindi – Road (1.5451,32.0404). 23 Nov 2019. 01 Nov 2019.

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