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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Educational materials, Europe, Biology / ecology, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Observed changes, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Personal narratives, Names, HistoricalSummary
Twenty-four bird species that have become rare or extinct in the last 100 years, most in the last 40 years.Animals
Luscinia megarhynchos (Common Nightingale), Caprimulgus europaeus (European Nightjar), Acrocephalus palustris (Marsh Warbler), Streptopelia turtur (European Turtle-dove), Poecile montanus (Willow Tit), Anthus trivialis (Tree Pipit), Dryobates minor (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker), Jynx torquilla (Eurasian Wryneck), Lullula arborea (Woodlark), Crex crex (Corncrake), Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Wood Warbler), Emberiza calandra (Corn Bunting), Emberiza citrinella (Yellowhammer), Emberiza cirlus (Cirl Bunting), Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Common Redstart), Coturnix coturnix (Common Quail), Perdix perdix (Grey Partridge), Passer montanus (Eurasian Tree Sparrow), Motacilla flava (Western Yellow Wagtail), Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike), Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher), Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Hawfinch), Burhinus oedicnemus (Eurasian Thick-knee), Saxicola rubetra (Whinchat)
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Bibliographic reference, Educational materials, CultureSummary
Published in BTO News, Autumn 2022
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Bibliographic reference, South America, Southeast Asia, Oceania, North America, Meso-america, Global, Europe, Asia, Africa, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Stewardship, Bird song & calls, Behavioural observations, Phenology/ seasonality, Relations w/ other life & landscape, Ontology, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengersSummary
Online supplemental materials for the articles Wyndham and Park 2022 and Wyndham and Park 2018, published by The Condor (now Ornithological Applications) and the Journal of Ethnobiology respectively. 
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Names
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Personhood, Names
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South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Personhood, Names, Commensals/ pets
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South America, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Ancestors/ death
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South America, What the bird eats, Behavioural observations, Preferred habitats, Personhood, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Literal translations/ etymologiesSummary
Información sobre el aané, sus avisos y la historia de su nombre "científica"
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Educational materials, South AmericaSummary
Articulo por Alberto Yanoksy en el diario "El Nacional" sobre la Red para la Revitalización de los Pueblos Indígenas (RECEP)
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Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, NamesSummary
Este pájaro indica dónde puede haber miel
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Bibliographic reference, Educational materials, Other (use keywords), Oceania, Feathers, Conservation, Lessons learned, Culture, Sacred/ divine/ spirit world, Teachings, Proper conduct, Political/ rights & responsibilities, Related to UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Personal narratives, Hunting/ collecting, HistoricalSummary
Jay Ruka's book 'Huia Come Home' is a landmark: a balm for healing the scars left by the history of colonialism and conservation seen through the eyes of Iwi - the first people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Digital Heritage
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Educational materials, Europe, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Naming, NamesSummary
A short movie featuring 31 species local to Oxford with habitat and song to help people learn to recognise the songs they hearAnimals
Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird), Erithacus rubecula (European Robin), Troglodytes troglodytes (Northern Wren), Columba palumbus (Common Woodpigeon), Fringilla coelebs (Common Chaffinch), Parus major (Great Tit), Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian Blue Tit), Periparus ater (Coal Tit), Prunella modularis (Dunnock), Cuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo), Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Eurasian Bullfinch), Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker), Picus viridis (Eurasian Green Woodpecker), Carduelis carduelis (European Goldfinch), Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap), Passer domesticus (House Sparrow), Certhia familiaris (Eurasian Treecreeper), Strix aluco (Tawny Owl), Milvus milvus (Red Kite), Buteo buteo (Eurasian Buzzard), Alauda arvensis (Eurasian Skylark), Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian Collared-dove), Regulus regulus (Goldcrest), Phylloscopus collybita (Common Chiffchaff), Sylvia communis (Common Whitethroat), Sitta europaea (Eurasian Nuthatch), Turdus philomelos (Song Thrush), Delichon urbicum (Northern House Martin), Apus apus (Common Swift), Pica pica (Eurasian Magpie), Garrulus glandarius (Eurasian Jay)Digital Heritage
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People + Birds Around the World, Cahow CommunityCategory
Oceania, Eggs & nests, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Success stories, Stewardship, Lessons learned, Crucial habitat threats/ needs, Stories, Proper conduct, Personal narratives, Oral histories, HistoricalSummary
As a schoolboy on Bermuda in 1951 David Wingate was invited on an ornithological expedition. In these recordings he describes how they rediscovered the Cahow, or Bermuda Petrel, previously thought extinct for 300 years.
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South America, Bird song & calls, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengers, Names, Literal translations/ etymologies, Hunting/ collectingDigital Heritage
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Africa, Conservation, Stewardship, Oral historiesSummary
on 14 Dec 2012, Stephen Awoyemi, a conservationist who had mostly worked online was taken bird ringing for the first time. Here he talks about this and his work.
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Aves y Memoria Biocultural en Humedal Río Cruces - ChileCategory
Educational materials, South America, Important Bird Areas (IBAs), Crucial habitat threats/ needs, Relations w/ other life & landscapeSummary
Charlas con la Sociedad Chilena de Socioecología y Etnoecología (SOSOET).
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Africa, Threats, Stewardship, Stories, Symbolisms, Personal narratives, Ontology, Omens/ augury/ harbingers/ messengersSummary
Links to an article from Lusaka Voice
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Names
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People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Conservation, Stewardship, Political/ rights & responsibilitiesSummary
A list of resources related to land rights, (counter)mapping Indigenous territories, and related things
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Chujunpeone AyoreoCategory
South America, Names
