10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Sadly, they no longer breed in Algeria, while in Turkey no free-flying birds remain. (In Intriguingly, there are far more Bald Ibises in captivity than there are in the wild, for this is a bird that breeds readily in confinement. In 2018, there were 1,745 birds living in 92 different zoos and collections.

Morocco 222

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 222

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

There is a depressing finality about extinction, but knowing when for certain something is extinct is an imprecise science and on occasion we’ve gotten it spectacularly wrong. For most of its history it has been known from only three specimens collected off the coast of New Zealand in the early 19th century. Where does it breed?

New Zealand 188

New Zealand India 2003 Collecting 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2018

Describing gull plumage is a combination of science, graphic art, and visual metaphor. Distribution maps, ranging in size from one-eight to one-half of a page, indicate breeding and non-breeding habitats and trace migration routes. Common Gull Species Account. Gulls of the World: A Photographic Guide. by Klaus Malling Olsen.

2004 148

2004 North America America Europe 148