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Parrots: Brazil’s Colorful Avian Clowns

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With their strong flight and capability to disperse, parrots have managed to colonize almost every major island group from Tahiti to Mauritius to Dominica. There are nectar feeders, dedicated frugivores, specialized seed predators and more. There seems to be a parrot for almost any ecological situation.

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In Search of the Imperial Amazon

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A massive (largest member of the Amazona group of parrots) creature with searing red eyes set in a sea of blue, brown, and purple, the Imperial Parrot ( Amazona imperialis ) is a recluse of higher elevation forest on the island of Dominica. The latter is much more common, but still listed as Vulnerable according to the IUCN.

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Collaborative list – April 2021

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The roadmap out of lockdown here in the UK has allowed us to meet up in small groups to indulge in outdoor activities, so birders have been gathering in loose flocks to greet the migrants as they head north.

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

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Each species description starts with one novelty, compared to most other field guides, providing separate accounts and illustrations for each subspecies group recognized under current HBW/BirdLife taxonomy. Each account commences with a list of recognized subspecies that occur in the region and their general ranges in the country.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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American Golden-Plover – Pluvialis dominica. Lassen Volcanic NP–Lost Creek Group Campground. Yellow-throated Warbler – Setophaga dominica. Sutro Baths–ruins and freshwater pond. 16 Mar 2017. Black-bellied Plover – Pluvialis squatarola. Breezy Point Tip. 01 Jan 2017. Reeds Sod Farm. 27 Aug 2017.

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Collaborative List 2017 – February

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The Pacific is divided through the Behring Strait, leaving St Lawrence and The Aleutian Islands to the east and embracing all the south Pacific island groups into the Australasian Realm. Yellow-throated Warbler – Setophaga dominica. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Great Tinamou – Tinamus major. 13 Jan 2017. casa botania.

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