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This is my dream – this is my nightmare

10,000 Birds

Hunting and disturbance, deterioration, fragmentation and destruction of habitat were the forces behind the decline of this, once widespread species, making it Critically Endangered on the IUCN Global Red List. Males reach 1.2 meters (3.9 ft) in height and up to 18 kilograms (39 pounds).

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The 300 survivors

10,000 Birds

There are some seven birds among the 100 most endangered species on the planet on the list of fauna and flora listed as the rarest by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Zoological Society of London – and this morning, I am after one of those! Males reach 1.2 Acknowledgements and other pieces.

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