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The five most unique birds in the world

10,000 Birds

But you won’t find Ostrich or another ratite in first place on Jetz et al.’s The Oilbird today lives only in South America, but fossils of similar species are known from Wyoming. ’s list because those birds have closer living relatives than some other birds do, despite their membership in the oldest extant group.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. I’m sure there are states that I missed, but you get the idea.