10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

… Tags: south-africa , Spotted Dikkop , stone curlews , thick-knees • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Elephants Eye Mar 19th, 2011 at 7:34 am I vote for night-plover. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Go check it out! Why not call them big-eyes or night-plovers?

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. I have been to Brazil twice, both times within this species’ range, but I have failed to see one. See who won the contest here! Get yours today!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 212

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154