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Birders

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4. 'She is the oldest confirmed wild bird in the world as well as the oldest banded bird in the world.'

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 08:11 PM

Dec 2022

Birds in captivity (zoos) may have been older, but she is wild and banded (?)

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Wisdom, the World's Oldest Known Wild Bird, Returns to Midway Atoll [View all] Donkees Dec 2022 OP

smiling looking at this lovely bird Trueblue1968 Dec 2022 #1

We're about the same age and she has held up WAAAYYYY better! Karadeniz Dec 2022 #2

I always thought parrots had the longest lifespans of birds. 70sEraVet Dec 2022 #3