Most Wanted Recordings

You can't have everything. But it would be nice. The following are species that are not currently in our archive or poorly represented. We are always looking material from little-explored, exotic, hard-to-reach places, but there are many recording opportunities that may be closer to home. If you have recordings of these or other species that you would like to donate, please contact us.

Top Ten Most Wanted Recordings

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Video Recordings

1. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 1. Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri)
2. Heerman's Gull (Larus heermanni) 2. Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
3. Xantus's Hummingbird (Hylocharis xantusii) 3. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
4. Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) 4. Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
5. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) nestlings 5. Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens)
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