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American Avocet Recurvirostra americana

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Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Recordings Plus Specimens Reveal Female Song in a Flycatcher Species
By Kathi Borgmann
In the last several years, song in female birds has been documented more and more frequently, thanks to community scientists, sound archives, and dedicated researchers. But for groups of species like flycatchers in which males and females look identical, female song can easily go unnoticed. New research out this month in the Wilson Journal of…
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