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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

Sepilok is a good place to see a number of woodpecker species. As among consultants, it is a cardinal rule to always follow some kind of ordering principle, here are five Sepilok woodpeckers in order of size, starting from the smallest one. Makes them sort of the renters of the woodpecker world rather than homeowners.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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They are traditionally pastoral people, but have from necessity accepted agriculture, fishing and crocodile hunting as means of survival. The Ethiopian population of this little known, long-bearded primate forms an isolated population restricted to this area, so this was a very satisfying find.

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