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Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. parrot to me, but I sure as heck can’t get it to species level. 3)Bald Eagle Seth Mar 17th, 2011 at 2:25 pm Has anyone picked this list? Mitred parakeet 3.

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

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Birds that are not easily grouped with others are put together in what I call the fun groups: “Dippers, Wren, accentors, oriole, starlings and waxwings” and “Kingfishers, cuckoos, Hoopoe, bee-eaters, Roller and parrot” (which are actually related, the authors tell us, as they are mostly “higher landbirds”).

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. Red-lored Parrot – Amazona autumnalis. Mealy Parrot – Amazona farinosa. White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons. World Month List. Skala Fourkas.

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Lake Bindegolly National Park

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As we wandered along the trail we soon encountered family groups of both White-winged Fairywrens and Variegated Fairywrens. Evidence of other life during flood was a turtle shell and we were under no doubt that this environment was constantly changing throughout the year. Turtle shell. Orange Chat. Outback flies!

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Duncan’s 2014 List

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For the moment I’ll stick with the split babbler families although I may relump the laughingthrushes, ground and tree babblers per Molye et al (2012). Species are listed by family according to the order eBird spits them out to me in. Spotted Dove, or Spotted Turtle-dove, ( Streptopelia chinensis ); Lahad Datu, Borneo, 1 January.

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Lake Eacham, Mt Hypipamee and Mount Molloy

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This huge member of the Australian robin family is really tame in this carpark, making it probably the easiest place n the world to see the species (other than the Tableland it is only found in New Guinea). The lake is also home to the Saw-shelled Turtle, which is easy to see from the shore.

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Collaborative list – August 2018

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Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Madagascar Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia picturata. Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus. Double-eyed Fig-Parrot – Cyclopsitta diophthalma. White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons. Bravo if you have.

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