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THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA

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This bird is known from only a dozen localities, with only a handful of individuals and a very fragmented habitat, hence the critically endangered status in the Red Book. We don’t really know – if we put aside already well documented habitat destruction. The post THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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The Search for the Rarest Owl of India

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In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia, across the Balkans and Turkey, to the very borders of the Old World: East Anglia and Spain, southern Africa and, in the instance of this epic report, India. We don’t really know – if we put aside already well documented habitat destruction.

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