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The origins of tanagers, warblers, and sparrows are coming into focus

January 25, 2015 by David 6 Comments

A new paper out this month attempts to paint the most comprehensive picture yet of the origins and diversification of the American sparrows, wood-warblers,...

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On the threshold of flight

January 20, 2015 by Greg 5 Comments

We are on the threshold, just stepping across it really, of understanding one of the most important evolutionary events that ever happened. I speak...

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“European” Purple Swamphens on Mallorca

January 18, 2015 by Jochen 4 Comments

David recently published a post on your favourite bird blog about the taxonomy of the Purple Swamphen, a massive rail found throughout most of...

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New Year, New Birds

January 17, 2015 by Redgannet 1 Comment

Dragging salutations for the New Year half way through January may be stretching the point just a little too far, but I was otherwise...

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Four Groups of Neotropical Birds that may Challenge your ID Skills

January 15, 2015 by Alfredo Begazo No Comments

No doubt that one of the fun parts of birding is being able to identify birds in the field. Getting to a point where...

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What is a Blue Goose?

January 14, 2015 by Larry 2 Comments

The “Blue Goose” is the dark morph of the Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens). Click on photos for full sized images. Color morphs are controlled...

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How to Tell a Lesser Black-backed Gull from a Great Black-backed Gull

January 12, 2015 by Corey 8 Comments

When you ask someone who is into gulls for help identifying a specific bird the conversation can get horribly dull amazingly quickly. Molt, windows,...