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The five most unique birds in the world

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While the ranking is limited by our current knowledge of the fossil record and the state of genetic sequencing techniques, it certainly spotlights some fascinating and enigmatic global treasures with unique physiologies and lifestyles. The Oilbird today lives only in South America, but fossils of similar species are known from Wyoming.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

10,000 Birds

And of Wyoming. We have on here in Ecuador that is very prolific in the highlands. Reading the title, I feared you had succumbed to the “hook & bullet&# lifestyle of the Rockies and now carried a very, very big-calibered gun with you. They appear regularly on our Christmas Bird Counts and number in the hundreds.

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