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  • After all, I might prefer someone who answered "rare relative to what?" than "orange-breasted falcon" whereas Peter Alden see Globe story mentioned above clearly prefers the orange-breasted falcon answer.

    rarity 2009

  • I wish the story mentioned where the attractive woman had seen the orange-breasted falcon.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • There are also fynbos endemics such as the orange-breasted sunbird Nectarinia violacea and Protea canary Serinus leucopterus.

    Cape Floral Protected Areas, South Africa 2009

  • I wish the story mentioned where the attractive woman had seen the orange-breasted falcon.

    rarity 2009

  • After all, I might prefer someone who answered "rare relative to what?" than "orange-breasted falcon" whereas Peter Alden see Globe story mentioned above clearly prefers the orange-breasted falcon answer.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • Asia is home not only to hundreds of rarely seen birds, from the orange-breasted laughingthrush of Vietnam to the newly discovered Togian white-eye of Indonesia, but also to a booming tourism industry.

    Birders Flock East 2008

  • Nevertheless, the area is considered an Endemic Bird Area by BirdLife International, and is home to a number of true fynbos species such as the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer), the orange-breasted sunbird (Nectarinia violacea), the Protea canary (Serinus leucopterus) and the Cape siskin (Serinus totta).

    Biological diversity in the Cape Floristic Region 2008

  • (And in case you're wondering like I did, it's pronounced rob, as in the orange-breasted robin.)

    Broccoli Rabe aka Rapini | A Veggie Venture 2006

  • Khegumpa, orange-breasted Trochilus, brown Fringilla, green woodpecker, black pheasant, and small squirrel of Assam was also found.

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • The Jay, larger Brachypodium, which always goes in large flocks, orange-breasted Trochilus and blackbird, were likewise seen, as well as the brown finch, which was seen feeding on Rhododendron minus.

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

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