Look at all the birds

There's over 10,000 birds known to science... that's a lot of birds!

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White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus)

Distribution: West Africa

IUCN Status: Vulnerable

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Michael Andersen // CC 2.0)

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Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster)

Distribution: Eastern Africa

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Sergey Yeliseev // CC 2.0)

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Turquoise Parrot (Neophema pulchella)

Distribution: Eastern Australia

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Tim Ellis // CC 2.0)

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Swamp Prinia (Prinia cinerascens)

Distribution:  Wet grasslands of NE India and N Bangladesh

IUCN Status: Near Threatened

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Ali Arsh // CC 2.0)

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Hello followers!

Apologies for letting Lots of Birds fall by the wayside, I was a tad busy finishing my Master’s Degree, landing my absolute dream job, and starting up a side business selling bird-themed jewelry (for which I will now do a shameless plug):

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And with the shameless plug out of the way, Lots of Birds will continue operations today! It might be slow for a little while as I build up the queue, but I’ll be aiming for five posts a day.

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Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor)

Distribution: Africa and Asia

IUCN Status: Near Threatened

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Ian White // CC 2.0)

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Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)

Distribution: Africa

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Graham Canny // CC 2.0)

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Green Junglefowl (Gallus varius)

Distribution: Java and nearby islands

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Bernard Dupont // CC 2.0)

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Black-throated Tit (Aegithalos concinnus)

Distribution: Asia

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Hiyashi Haka // CC 2.0)

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Russet Sparrow (Passer rutilans)

Distribution: Asia

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Muzaffar Bukhari // CC 2.0)

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Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)

Distribution: Asia

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Lip Kee Yap // CC 2.0)

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Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris)

Distribution:  Dominican Republic & Haiti

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Ron Knight // CC 2.0)

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Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)

Distribution: North and Central America

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider // CC 2.0)

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Dusky Nightjar (Antrostomus saturatus)

Distribution: Costa Rica and Panama

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Tom Benson // CC 2.0)

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Double-banded Courser (Smutsornis africanus)

Distribution: southern Africa

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Ian White // CC 2.0)

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Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus)

Distribution: Central America to northern South America

IUCN Status: Least Concern

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Magalie L’Abbe // CC 2.0)

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Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)

Distribution: Greatly reduced to only Morocco and Turkey

IUCN Status: Critically Endangered

{ Ecology } { Vocalizations } { eBird }

(Photo by Agustin Povedano // CC 2.0)