Neel Sureja

Our new bird is coming out today in @Nature!

Meet Janavis finalidens, a large gull-like toothed bird with lots to say about the evolution of modern birds. Janavis’ palate overturns more than 150 years of ornithological paradigm!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05445-y

BEHOLD! The new World Terrestrial Ecosystem Explorer, a 1st-of-its-kind mapping of the distribution of global terrestrial ecosystems at a detailed spatial resolution (250 m), by @usgs, @Esri, and @j_a_mcgowan
+ @nature_org https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/wtee/ cc @HugePossum @walterjetz

New pre-print alert!
➡️Only 0.005% of species (6 of 1,097 species) are adequately represented in Bangladesh's existing protected area system.
➡️32% of areas should be protected to address this shortfall. (1/3)
@idiv @UQ_CBCS @UNBiodiversity
Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365806722_Priorities_for_expanding_the_protected_area_system_in_Bangladesh/stats

A sad tale of disappearing #waders.
One man's efforts to chart 25-years of losses from Scottish farmland.
Published 30 Nov 2017 🎂:
https://wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/11/30/25-years-of-wader-declines/
#oysercatcher #curlew #redshank #lapwing
#shorebirds #ornithology