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Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis

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By Macaulay Library Team
Over the last decade, you have helped the Macaulay Library grow tremendously and recently we reached two amazing milestones. Thanks to birders, photographers, and recordists, the Macaulay Library now holds more than 1.5 million audio recordings and 40 million photos. All of those assets power incredible research, birding tools, and more. The 40 millionth photo…
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