10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Several recent studies have found that tinamous are embedded within the ratites, which means that either they regained the ability to fly or (as many researchers feel is more likely) that flightlessness and large body size arose multiple times within the paleognaths, a topic discussed in detail at Tetrapod Zoology. Open Jarvis et al.’s

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

And Great Tinamou gets knocked from its taxonomic top spot (a position that it has held since day 1) by the Common Ostrich. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Putrajaya Wetland Park.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Putrajaya Wetland Park.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Putrajaya Wetland Park.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). These are they… Alphabetic Taxonomic.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 23 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113