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8 Bird Species Have Confirmed Extinct This Decade

The growing wave of extinctions sweeping across the globe is mainly due to habitat loss and degradation from unsustainable agriculture and logging. For example, in the Amazon, where many of these species were once in abundance, deforestation is a huge concern. The World Wildfire Fund has estimated that more than 17 million hectares of forest were lost between 2001 …

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Conure Informations Pictures

Conure The generic term used in aviculture for all the species of parrots from small to medium size in America is conure which translated literally means “conic tail”; this term has started to be used in journals with bird specific but the American Ornithologists’ Union uses the term “parakeet” instead. Most species of conure live in flocks …

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Bluebird Informations Pictures

Bluebird Being part of the thrush family (Turdidae) the Bluebird is divided in three species: the Eastern Bluebird – Sialia sialis, Western Bluebird – Sialia mexicana and Mountain Bluebird – Sialia currucoides. Description Weight 2 to 5 ounces Height 15 cm (5.9 in) to 18 cm (7.1 in). Color The male is always bigger and …

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