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Extinction Week on 10,000 Birds

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They all went extinct since 1500 and they are only eight of the nearly two hundred species that have blinked out since then. Others are only known from a specimen or two sitting in the drawer of a research institution. Guam Flycatcher. The eight species above still exist. Olson’s Petrel. Viti Levu Scrubfowl.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

10,000 Birds

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. While the species favors forested hills at moderate elevations ( source ), there are no hills at all here at Nanhui, so maybe these individuals are outcasts or just eccentrics. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo: This could be your host species!

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