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The most important book about European birds in this century

10,000 Birds

A portable speaker is placed on the top of the car, playing Tawny Owl calls from a smartphone. Many national bird atlases should sprout from this one (from Denmark to Serbia, to name but a few), and I cannot wait to see these maps in the next edition of the Collins Bird Guide/Birds of Europe.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guideā€“A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

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