10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
When I read somewhere that Pygmy Geese were not actually geese at all I started doing some research. African Pygmy Geese are one of a number of waterfowl species that have a rather misleading name So where does that leave the Pygmy Geese, of which there are three distinct species? But they are not just any ducks.
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2013
Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. Another southern African endemic, this species ranges widely across the dry grasslands of central South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Pink-throated Twinspot.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2012
Or, one of the 145 species of Glass frogs living in the Cental and South American rainforests, I could look through the transparent skin on their undersides and see their internal organs. All species of frogs and toads share the fact that they are amphibian creatures, they have two types of skin gland, four legs, and, well, they jump.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. Madagascar, however, is beyond the reach of this book, notwithstanding its also being part of the Afrotropical region.” He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2011
Getting to know the subtleties in differences between closely related species takes years of dedication and practice. Thirdly, many species of shorebirds display such vast differences in their summer and winter plumages that it is always interesting to note how some birds in the same flock are in contrasting stages of plumage.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2011
Universities like Harvard, Columbia and Cornell regularly use the research facility. On the grounds, Punta Cana has preserved a 1,500 acre Ecological Park that is an excellent place to view the local endemic bird species and enjoy nature. Additionally the foundation provides a facility for important biological field work.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2019
But first, not thinking of proper research, I made no difference between questions, nor were the mentioned destinations really visited or only dreamed about. Here are the results: 3 per cent of respondents (in no particular order): Trinidad and Tobago, Chile, Tanzania, Madagascar. Or the lack of some expected answers. 21%: Costa Rica.
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