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Mammals of Madagascar (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

Take Madagascar, for example, one of the world’s highest-priority Biodiversity Hotspots: that island-continent is most famous for its penguins. Well, sort of, as there are no penguins in Madagascar, indigenous or otherwise. Yet, those bird guides are hefty.

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The Ole’ Bucket List

10,000 Birds

They are Ecuador for the Galapagos, Gabon for the bais, Madagascar, New Guinea and New Caledonia for everything. I have been to 11 countries to watch wildlife that this species lives in. A beaked whale. Any beaked whale. Looking over my list, it seems I’m a fairly shallow wildlife watcher interested in spectacle.

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