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Calabria's bird list grows by 43 species, mostly lost ones

Thirty-five of the forty-three additions are accidental or vagrant birds, and Siberian warblers were caught at coastal ringing stations; the list now stands at three hundred sixty-three.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorScientists in southern Italy updated the bird list for Calabria, and it now has forty-three new species.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe last list came out in nineteen ninety-three and had three hundred twenty species. The new one has three hundred sixty-three.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut thirty-five of those forty-three are accidental or vagrant birds. So the region didn't gain residents, it gained people who missed their exit.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThey're exploring Calabria.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSome came from Siberia. Warblers and flycatchers, caught at coastal ringing stations. They flew a few thousand miles and the welcome was a tiny bracelet.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA bracelet!

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