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Foresters in Europe frequently compensate for the lack of old woodpecker holes
needed by valued insect-eating species by placing artificial nest boxes in their
cultivated forests. Fruit eating by barbets and toucans sometimes causes damage
...
Foresters in Europe frequently compensate for the lack of old woodpecker holes
needed by valued insect-eating species by placing artificial nest boxes in their
cultivated forests. Fruit eating by barbets and toucans sometimes causes damage
...
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Food mostly insects caught on the wing. Voice varied, melodious; capable
mimics. The 20 species range through Africa, southern Asia, Malaysia, northern
Australia, east to Solomons, in woodlands, savannas, cultivated regions. Family ...
Food mostly insects caught on the wing. Voice varied, melodious; capable
mimics. The 20 species range through Africa, southern Asia, Malaysia, northern
Australia, east to Solomons, in woodlands, savannas, cultivated regions. Family ...
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heavy shafts, thickly matted and loosely attached. Cuckooshrikes plain gray,
black, or whitish birds, often with barred underparts; minivets brightly coloured in
reds, yellows. Sexes often completely dissimilar. Eat insects, berries, small fruits.
heavy shafts, thickly matted and loosely attached. Cuckooshrikes plain gray,
black, or whitish birds, often with barred underparts; minivets brightly coloured in
reds, yellows. Sexes often completely dissimilar. Eat insects, berries, small fruits.
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