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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

10,000 Birds

range largely consists of valuable real estate along the Southern California coast and urban development around San Diego and Los Angeles has eliminated much of its habitat. As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. Thus, its listing has been contested by groups advocating more development.

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The Horned Guan in Chiapas

10,000 Birds

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. Today it is placed in its own monotypic genus, Oreophasis , and loosely grouped with the present day curassows and chachalacas. Horned Guan (Click for a bigger version.).

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