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All about alcids: Extravagant divers of northern oceans

August 10, 2014 by David 7 Comments
Across the world’s northern oceans, 24 species of auklets, murres,...
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Summer guide to bird taxonomy and systematics news

July 13, 2014 by David 2 Comments
It’s mid-July, which among other things means that those of...
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The five most unique birds in the world

April 20, 2014 by David 10 Comments
What are the world’s most distinctive birds? That question could...
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Tiny Asian bird discovered as sole member of ancient family. Who’s next?

March 23, 2014 by David 4 Comments
Big news about a small bird broke earlier this month...
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Mitochondrial mysteries and splitting-lumping Yellow-rumped Warblers

January 26, 2014 by David 1 Comment
The Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) complex is one of the...
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Common Firecrest by Opaluna
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Royal lineage: Kinglets and crests in the bird family tree

December 29, 2013 by David 2 Comments
With the Audubon Christmas Bird Count season in full swing...
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Snowy Owl by Kate Ter Haar
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Do Snowy Owls really belong in genus Bubo?

December 1, 2013 by David 3 Comments
Over the past two weeks, an incursion of Snowy Owls...
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Roseate Spoonbills
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Spoonbills are ibises with big flat bills

September 15, 2013 by David 3 Comments
Spoonbills and ibises are stocky, colorful wading birds with distinctive...
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James's Flamingos (by Pedro Szekely) and Horned Grebe (by winnu).
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Exploring the relationship between flamingos and grebes: The wonderful birds

August 18, 2013 by David 3 Comments
That flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) and grebes (Podicipedidae) are probably each others’...
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The mousebird mystery

July 21, 2013 by David 2 Comments
Mousebirds (order Coliiformes) are one of the perennial puzzles in...
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