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12 February 2019 / RÚV
Background

Record number of overwintering bird species

Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Over 90 species of birds have been counted in this year’s winter bird census—which is the most diverse range ever recorded. Kristinn Haukur Skarphéðinsson, animal ecologist with the Natural History Institute of Iceland, says, however, that numbers of some common winter species are shrinking fast, due to climate change.


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