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The Rose-ringed Parakeets of Heidelberg

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It is commonly kept in captivity and has therefore established many feral populations world-wide originating from escaped / released cage birds. The zoo has a small colony of genuinely wild Grey Herons (watch them compete with the seals for the fish!), Very stupid thing to do.

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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Feral Muscovy Ducks seem to attract many of those epithets. Not only are the individual ducks hard to look at, but in groups, the feral populations create the same messes other masses of waterfowl do. Patrick ODonnell Mar 2nd, 2011 at 10:45 pm Plenty of “manky&# Muscovies down here in Costa Rica!

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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7 beats contributed their sightings from 7 countries (Hong Kong, UK, China, USA, Serbia, Australia and, of course, Costa Rica). You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus). 149 checklists were submitted, accounting for 465 species.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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Incidentally, Uganda ( 510 ) leap-frogged Australia ( 475 ) to become the list’s fourth most prolific country behind Costa Rica ( 763 ), USA ( 654 ) and Brazil ( 555 ). African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. The life list was pumped a further 27 sp up to 3953.

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