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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

10,000 Birds

The status of its preferred wetlands throughout the year dictates movements that often results in a nomadic lifestyle. Egg harvesting to sell as food was intensive then, with thousands taken annually from the breeding colonies in Chile. Egg collection for local consumption still continues at lower scale.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

10,000 Birds

With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. Especially of all the species that had been introduced to the US. So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves.

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