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Biogeographic Realms and Their Unique Birds

This episode—which is Number 62—is all about the major geographic divisions among birds across the planet.Why are bowerbirds found only in Australia and on the islands of New Guinea? Why are the birds you see in India so different from those in China? Does North America have any unique, endemic bird families?Questions like these fall within the domain of biogeography. Biogeography is the study of where living things are found and why they’re found there—both in the present and the past. Today...

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  The Avian Digestive System

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  House Sparrow

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  Bird Habitat: Deserts

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  Chickadees, T**s, and Titmice

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  Flowers and Feathers: The Importance of Birds as Pollinators

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  Fascinating Things We Learned About Birds Last Year

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  Owls

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  Avian Rebrand: New Names for Many North American Birds

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  Bird Beaks: The Right Tool for the Job

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  Meadowlarks

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  Saving Bird Species From the Brink of Extinction

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  Quails of the New World

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  Tracking Methods: How We Know Where Birds Go

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  Sunbirds and Spiderhunters