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Is The Hooded Grebe About To Go Extinct?

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From Birdlife International, “In 2010-2011 an American Mink Neovison vison, a new arrival on the Buenos Aires plateau, killed more than half the adults in a breeding colony of two dozen nests (Roesler et al. Nearly 90% of the nests failed during egg stage, mainly due to strong winds and depredation by American mink Neovison vison.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Their common names reflect their size, appearance, residence, and sometimes their sound, ranging from the simple to the eponymous: Little Owl, Powerful Owl, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, Cloud-Forest Pygmy-Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Morepork, Christmas Island Boobook, Blakiston’s Fish-Owl. They are also hunted.

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Africa’s endangered species

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This species prefers wetlands and its numbers have been decimated due to a combination of habitat destruction caused by human population growth and illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for the pet and zoo trade. An African Penguins strolls along Boulders Beach, Simonstown, South Africa.

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Remotest Endemic Birds

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Additionally, each of Antarctica’s so-called endemic species ( Emperor Penguin, Antarctic Petrel and South Polar Skua ) actually wander more widely in the southern oceans and have been known to turn up in other locations. Easter Island statues by Honey Hooper.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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fishing beach. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Anse Boileau.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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fishing beach. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Anse Boileau.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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fishing beach. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Anse Boileau.

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