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red-footed booby

Two new birds for New Zealand – Herald petrel and red-footed booby

Finding a new bird species for their country of residence is the holy grail for many birdwatchers. Over the last decade, new species have been detected in New Zealand at an average rate of one every 15 months. The finding of two new bird species within 2 days by the same team of observers was unprecedented – but that is what happened.Read more

2016-09-28
By: Colin Miskelly
On: 28 Sep 2016
In: Science

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