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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. E.g., based on so much in-city data, the software recognized towns and villages as the primary habitat for the Great Spotted Woodpecker , supposedly far more common in urban areas than in forests. The consequences were amusing.

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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. Tintaya’s woodpeckers also nicely feature tree (and cactus!) The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book.

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