edge birds

  1. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Which EDGE species will you vote for : The black stilt or the tooth-billed pigeon? (Poll)

    Ninth poll on EDGE bird species (only one more to go) : This time it is a contest between two island endemic perilously close to the brink of extinction: The black stilt and the tooth-billed pigeon. Both species are island endemics native to islands in the Pacific (New Zealand & Samoa...
  2. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Which EDGE species will you vote for : The Plains wanderer or the Maleo? (Poll)

    Sixth poll (only four more to go) on EDGE bird species: This time it is a match between the monotypic: the maleo and the plains wanderer. Both of these intriguing species are amongst the most evolutionarily distinct of birds and remain poorly known by science and yet both species have sadly...
  3. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Which EDGE species will you vote for : The White headed vulture or the Adjutant stork? (Poll)

    Fifth poll on EDGE bird species: This time a competition between the "unlovely" : The white headed vulture or the adjutant stork. Both of these species are scavengers that feed upon carcasses / carrion and so perform a valuable ecological role and both birds have seen catastrophic population...
  4. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Which EDGE species will you vote for : The secretary bird and the Northern bald ibis? (Poll)

    Fourth poll on EDGE bird species: This time it is a contest between two highly charismatic birds, one of which the subject of long-term conservation efforts that have spanned decades and the other a species which has only just come on the radar of conservationists. Both species are African...
  5. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Which EDGE species will you vote for : The Siberian crane or the Shoebill? (Poll)

    Third poll on EDGE bird species: This time it is a case of classical beauty vs the bizarre and baneful: The Siberian crane and the Shoebill. Both of these species are large, tall and long billed birds that inhabit wetlands, both are deeply significant to the local human cultures where they...
  6. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Which EDGE species will you vote for : The bleeding heart dove or the kagu? (Poll)

    Second poll on EDGE bird species: This time a bit of an avian horror show with ghost vs gore: The "gory" bleeding heart dove and the "phantasmagorical" kagu. Both of these visually striking species are insular endemics native to forest habitat of the islands of the Asia and Pacific region and...
  7. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Which EDGE species will you vote for : The kakapo or the Californian condor? (Poll)

    Thought I'd try something a little different from the mammal species poll and move to the EDGE birds. For the first of these polls I thought I'd make it a contest between two of the most iconic and charismatic endangered bird species on the planet: The kakapo and the Californian condor. At...
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