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The critically-endangered orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) at the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary. This is one of the rarest birds in the world with fewer than 50 left in the wild.

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The critically-endangered orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) at the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary. This is one of the rarest birds in the world with fewer than 50 left in the wild.

Little free-tailed bats (Chaerephon pumilus) from Chitengo Camp in Gorongosa National Park.

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Little free-tailed bats (Chaerephon pumilus) from Chitengo Camp in Gorongosa National Park.

Photo: Cactus parakeet, Eupsittula cactorum, at Loro Parque Fundacion.

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Cactus parakeet, Eupsittula cactorum, at Loro Parque Fundacion.

Photo: A bird flies over a crowd at Le Parc des Oiseaux, a bird park in the town of Villars Les Dombes, France.

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A bird flies over a crowd at Le Parc des Oiseaux, a bird park in the town of Villars Les Dombes, France.

Photo: A crowd of people watch a black vulture, Coragyps atratus, fly overhead at Le Parc des Oiseaux, a bird park in the town of Villars Les Dombes, France.

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A crowd of people watch a black vulture, Coragyps atratus, fly overhead at Le Parc des Oiseaux, a bird park in the town of Villars Les Dombes, France.

Photo: A crowd of people watch a black vulture, Coragyps atratus, fly overhead at Le Parc des Oiseaux, a bird park in the town of Villars Les Dombes, France.

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A crowd of people watch a black vulture, Coragyps atratus, fly overhead at Le Parc des Oiseaux, a bird park in the town of Villars Les Dombes, France.

Picture of millions of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) roosting on the Chincua Mountain near Angangueo, Mexico.

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Millions of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) roost on the Chincua Mountain near Angangueo, Mexico. This is one of five wintering roosts for monarchs, where the cool mountain climate slows their metabolism enough for them to overwinter before migrating back northward in the spring. Logging threatens this spectacle–Already one of the five sites is no longer used by the butterflies due to the forest being cleared.

Photo: A hawk soars overhead at Parque Jaime Duque in Colombia.

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A hawk soars overhead at Parque Jaime Duque in Colombia.

Picture of a juvenile Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) at the WildCare Foundation.

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A juvenile Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) at the WildCare Foundation.

Picture of a Western Bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) at the Houston Zoo.

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A Western Bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) at the Houston Zoo.

Picture of a white-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus ) at the National Aviary of Colombia.

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A white-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus ) at the National Aviary of Colombia.

A Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) at the Houston Zoo.

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A Pallas’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) at the Houston Zoo.

Photo: A cave with thousands of Egyptian fruit bats in the Maramagambo Forest in Africa.

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A cave with thousands of Egyptian fruit bats in the Maramagambo Forest in Africa.

Photo: A white-naped jacobin hummingbird (Florisuga mellivora) from the wild in Gamboa, Panama.

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A white-naped jacobin hummingbird (Florisuga mellivora) from the wild in Gamboa, Panama.

Photo: A white-naped jacobin hummingbird (Florisuga mellivora) from the wild in Gamboa, Panama.

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A white-naped jacobin hummingbird (Florisuga mellivora) from the wild in Gamboa, Panama.

Picture of a female Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) in Florida.

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A female Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) in Florida.

Picture of a lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) at the Lubee Bat Conservancy in Gainesville, Florida.

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A lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) at the Lubee Bat Conservancy in Gainesville, Florida.

Photo: A teenage boy takes a student flight in a single engine aircraft in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A teenage boy takes a student flight in a single engine aircraft in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: Butterflies turn elephant dung into something special on the road into Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.

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Butterflies turn elephant dung into something special on the road into Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.

A brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, on San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos.

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A brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, on San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos.

Photo: Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) at Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska.

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Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) at Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska.

A long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) flies overhead in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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A long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) flies overhead in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Photo: Wildlife fly over water on a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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Wildlife fly over water on a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills.

A pair of white-crowned robin-chats (Cossypha albicapillus albicapillus) at the Columbus Zoo.

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A pair of white-crowned robin-chats (Cossypha albicapillus albicapillus) at the Columbus Zoo.

Photo: Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) on a farm near Raymond, NE.

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Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) on a farm near Raymond, NE.

Photo: A brown noddy tern (Anous stolidus) near Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A brown noddy tern (Anous stolidus) near Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Picture of magnificent frigate birds (Fregata magnificens) near Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Magnificent frigate birds (Fregata magnificens) near Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Picture of a Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) on North Seymour, in the Galapagos Islands.

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The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) on North Seymour, in the Galapagos Islands.

Picture of a Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) on North Seymour, in the Galapagos Islands.

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The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) on North Seymour, in the Galapagos Islands.

Picture of a Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) on North Seymour, in the Galapagos Islands.

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The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) on North Seymour, in the Galapagos Islands.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) glides over the ocean in the Galapagos Islands.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) glides over the ocean in the Galapagos Islands.

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