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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

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Anyway, one of the babblers of Sepilok is the Bornean Black-capped Babbler – the result of a split of the Black-capped Babbler (well, at least from a human perspective – the birds themselves are probably quite nonchalant about it). Sepilok is a good place to see a number of woodpecker species.

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Come@Me: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle

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Humans have always classified organisms in a variety of ways, depending on need. In other words, you can’t say something like, “humans, gorillas, chimps, and bonobos are all in the same family and equally related to each other.” Some sort of ancient fish-with-feet is the ancestors of humans. Think about it. But here’s the thing.

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Of Birds and Bigfoots

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The most obvious place that cryptozoology and ornithology overlap is in the area of Lazarus taxa and would-be Lazarus taxa — the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Eskimo Curlew, Pink-headed Duck , and the like — birds that no one doubts existed once, whether or not they exist today. Birds cryptids Eskimo Curlew Ivory-billed Woodpecker'

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Ethiopia’s Endemics

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Abyssinian Woodpecker This small, golden-backed woodpecker can be very elusive, it was photographed in juniper woodland on the slopes of the Bale Mountains, but this woodpecker can also be seen at Wondo Genet and even in Addis Ababa. This image was taken from a hotel roof in Lalibela, thus allowing eye-level views!

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