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Parrots: Brazil’s Colorful Avian Clowns

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

Parrots captivate me more than any other bird family. For one, they are remarkably diverse with a little over 380 species spread over every continent except Europe (only introduced) and Antarctica. However, they do not occur evenly across their familial distribution. I am a self-proclaimed psittacophile. Most do not.

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Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2019

Within its 400 pages, the Birds of the West Indies covers 712 species, 550 of them regularly occurring and 190 of those endemic to the region, many of them to single islands. Furthermore, there are six families confined to the Greater Antilles. If a species is monotypic, this is clearly stated.

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Parrots: Brazil’s Colorful Avian Clowns

Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

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