Birds
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Crested Mynas
The Crested Mynas (Acridotheres cristatellus) is endemic to southeastern China and Indochina. Around 1890, the Crested Myna was successfully introduced into the Vancouver region of British Columbia, reaching a population…
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Ventilation Holes for Nest Boxes
Below article courtesy of Richard Poole and Christine Brown Longwood, FL Wild Bird Nesting Boxes Current directions for construction of nest boxes state that ventilation holes should be inserted in…
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Ivory-billed Aracaris
The Ivory-billed Aracaris (Pteroglossus azara) is a South American Aracari that is found in the lowlands of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil at elevations of 300 meters and west into the lower elevations…
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Common Hill Mynas
The Common Hill Mynas (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled “mynah” and formerly simply known as “Hill Myna”, is the myna bird most commonly seen in aviculture, where it is often simply…
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Many-banded Aracaris
The Many-banded Aracaris (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) are South American Aracaris that are found in north-western Brazil, eastern Colombia, Ecuador, eastern Peru and southern Venezuela. They inhabit subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and sandy-soil woodland. Aracaris generally roost…
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Indian Silverbills
The Indian Silverbills or White-throated Munia (Lonchura malabarica) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific (of, or belonging to, the same species) with the closely related African Silverbill, Lonchura…
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Groove-billed Toucanets
The Groove-billed Toucanets (Aulacorhynchus sulcatus) is a toucan found in mountains of northern Colombia and northern Venezuela; where they inhabit subtropical and upper tropical humid forest and woodland, occasionally also occurring…
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