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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

10,000 Birds

The book is a grab-bag of facts about the ten birds, mostly culled from other works. They were barely mentioned in The Voyage of the Beagle and not at all in On the Origin of Species. Nothing wrong with that, so long as the sources are credited, as they are.) Maybe Moss is right, and birds have changed history. Fine and dandy.

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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

In total, there are eight species of hornbills in Borneo – the best place to see them seems to be the Kinabatagan River area (also known as Sukau). Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages.