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The equivalent line of latitude south of the Equator is called the Tropic of Capricorn, and the region between the two, centered on the Equator, is the tropics. In the year 2000, more than half of the world's population lived north of the Tropic of Cancer. [4]
The Institute was founded in 1989 by Dr. David DeSante to develop and coordinate the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship Program (MAPS), a network of approximately 500 standardized bird-banding stations studying breeding bird populations across North America.
The average global population of all mature birds is estimated to be on the order of 100 billion individuals. [1] [2] [3] The total population including younglings is somewhat higher during the breeding season of each species. [3] This list is incomplete, because experts have not estimated all bird numbers.
Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms.. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the ...
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The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States. The California condor is one of North America's most endangered birds. A comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the United States follows. It includes species from all 50 states and the District of Columbia as of July 2022.
kaka and 1080 poison 1080: The Facts website (a public education initiative by Forest and Bird and Federated Farmers) Effects of a 1080 operation on kaka and kereru survival and nesting success, Whirinaki Forest Park, Powlesland et al. (PDF, 400kb) New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2003) 27(2): 125–137
The northern one is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern is the Tropic of Capricorn. As the Earth's axial tilt changes, [a] so too do the tropical and polar circles. The tropics constitute 39.8% of Earth's surface area [1] and contain 36% of Earth's landmass. [2]