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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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Cuba is on my mind. Fernandina’s Flicker, a tongue-twisting alliterative name for one of the most endangered woodpeckers in the world! birders have been able to visit Cuba as part of survey groups and cultural exchanges for years, but those trips have been few in number and not always easy to find. and Cuba.).

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. I say this not only because he is president of the Grosse Pointe Audubon Society and because his official bio says he “has traveled across North America and to Cuba, Iceland, and Thailand to view and research birds”. Get ready to contribute to the Kirtland Warbler’s Trust Fund.

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The Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat

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This bat is rare and range-restricted in South Florida, which are some of the reasons it was recently listed as an endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Overall, these threats pose significant risk to the survival of the species. The Florida Bonneted Bat is the largest of Florida’s bats weighing 1.2

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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(Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.) Both are situated at the convergence of the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and have species from each region. Indeed, Puerto Rico is second only to the much larger Cuba in terms of bird species in the West Indies.