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Not enough Woodpeckers

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. “I am not bad-looking, I am just badly photographed”: A Bay Woodpecker (Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia) using a joke from “Roger Rabbit” The pinkish eyerings of the Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tansa, India) make it look as if it is constantly suffering from a hangover.

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What is the State Bird of Maryland?

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Baltimore Orioles spend their winters in Florida, Central, and South America, and migrate north to breed in much of the Eastern United States. However, they have suffered habitat loss not only in the United States, but also in Central and South America.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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He’s the author of The New Neotropical Companion (2017, originally published in 1997), a must-read for any birder preparing to travel to Central and South America, the Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior (2020), and a long list of other books and articles. A little editing down would have enhanced both parts of the book.

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Birding in Honduras, Part I: Highlands

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The region is also especially rich in trogons and motmots, two decidedly tropical families with a longer evolutionary history in North America than South America. the species suffering most from deforestation). In short, the mountain birding in Honduras promised a slew of cool new birds.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. One field guide, seven countries. In this specific case, I have to go with the latter.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

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.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.”

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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

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crossing the Carribean and winding up in South America? This has all sorts of implications on learning and being more resistant to the mental effects of aging that mammals suffer from. Can you imagine doing this when you are a couple of months old? Let’s cover the basics.

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