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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

10,000 Birds

These birds even lay their eggs on piles of cow or horse dung, most likely to elevate them from the cold ground and possibly provide some heating through the process of rotting plant material. Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

10,000 Birds

A vicero gets his horse ready to look for giant anteaters. They found several thousand red siskins, a discovery that not only changed the course of the species’ history, but inspired the local villages to embark on a conservation mission that has become a model for local communities the world over.

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