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It is also known as the black-necked stork or jabiru stork.
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It is also known as the black-necked stork or jabiru stork.
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Birders head to the Phobjikha valley, one of the few places in the world to see black-necked cranes, whose mating rituals involve elaborate dances and calls.
Soon, a Not-So-Secret Kingdom Patrick Barta 2011
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They are home to rare wild animals such as the black-necked crane, huge-horned argali sheep, wild yak, white-lipped deer, gazelle, snow leopards, and, of course, the chiru.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Thirty mammal species are “protected,” including the musk deer, the Chinese screw mole, the black-necked crane, and the Yunnan Golden Monkey—until recently presumed extinct.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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They are home to rare wild animals such as the black-necked crane, huge-horned argali sheep, wild yak, white-lipped deer, gazelle, snow leopards, and, of course, the chiru.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Thirty mammal species are “protected,” including the musk deer, the Chinese screw mole, the black-necked crane, and the Yunnan Golden Monkey—until recently presumed extinct.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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They are home to rare wild animals such as the black-necked crane, huge-horned argali sheep, wild yak, white-lipped deer, gazelle, snow leopards, and, of course, the chiru.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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The herpetofauna includes black-necked spitting cobra Naja nigricollis, African puff adder Bitis arietans, west African sand boa Eryx muelleri, sand viper Cerastes cerastes, desert monitor lizard Varanus griseus and various species of gecko.
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Other colonial birds are the Neotropic cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus, black-necked cormorant Phalacrocorax magellanicus, great egret Casmerodius albus, black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax and common tern Sterna hirundo.
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