Little Pied Cormorant, Little Shag, Kawaupaka, Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos, 56 cm. / 22 in. COMMON native bird found on lakes, farm ponds, rivers and streams, estuaries, harbors and sheltered coastal waters.

Tohuna Torea Nature Reserve, Wai-O-Taki Bay, Glendowie, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand.

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Spotted Owl (Mexican), Strix occidentalis lucida, 17.5 in. UNCOMMON to RARE. Associated with oaks and conifers in shaded canyons especially close to rocky cliffs.

Pinery Canyon, Cochise County, Coronado National Forest, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA.

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Red-tailed Laughingthrush, Trochalopteron milnei sharpei, 25 cm. / 9.8 in. Lives in groups in dense undergrowth and bamboo thickets of evergreen forest. Made our top ten trip listing.

Photo Blind#8, Baihualing, Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China.

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Striated Laughingthrush, Grammatoptila striatus cranbrooki, 28 cm / 11 in. Himalayan resident. Broadleaf forests. Handheld.

Morong en-route to Tashigang, Bhutan.

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Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum, 17.15 cm. / 6.75 in. RARE and local in patchy live-oak, mesquite and riparian woods in Texas and in Saquaro and mesquite in Arizona. Bird with prey.

Raymondville, Willacy County, Texas, United States.

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