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Picture of an endangered Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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An endangered Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand. This is a flightless teal species.

Picture of an endangered Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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An endangered Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand. This is a flightless teal species.

Picture of an endangered Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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An endangered Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand. This is a flightless teal species.

Picture of an endangered Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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An endangered Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) at the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown, New Zealand. This is a flightless teal species.

A vulnerable double-wattled cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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A vulnerable double-wattled cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

A vulnerable double-wattled cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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A vulnerable double-wattled cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

A vulnerable double-wattled cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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A vulnerable double-wattled cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

A vulnerable double-wattled cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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A vulnerable double-wattled cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

An emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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An emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

Photo: A flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park. With only 1500 estimated individuals, it is one of the world’s rarest birds and is the subject of an active conservation program.

Photo: Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park. With only 1500 estimated individuals, it is one of the world’s rarest birds and is the subject of an active conservation program.

Photo: Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park. With only 1500 estimated individuals, it is one of the world’s rarest birds and is the subject of an active conservation program.

Photo: Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park. With only 1500 estimated individuals, it is one of the world’s rarest birds and is the subject of an active conservation program.

Photo: Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park. With only 1500 estimated individuals, it is one of the world’s rarest birds and is the subject of an active conservation program.

Photo: Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park. With only 1500 estimated individuals, it is one of the world’s rarest birds and is the subject of an active conservation program.

Photo: A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal.

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A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

Photo: A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal.

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A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

Photo: A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal.

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A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

Photo: A greater rhea (Rhea americana) runs through grassland in the Brazilian Pantanal, near Caiman Ranch.

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A greater rhea (Rhea americana) runs through grassland in the Brazilian Pantanal, near Caiman Ranch. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

Photo: A greater rhea (Rhea americana) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A greater rhea (Rhea americana) in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

Photo: A greater rhea (Rhea americana) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A greater rhea (Rhea americana) in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

Photo: A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal.

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A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

Photo: A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal.

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A male greater rhea (Rhea americana) shepherds his chicks through grassland near Caiman Ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

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