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So, in this protected article, we find the statement "the longest annual migration being those of sooty shearwaters, which nest in New Zealand and Chile and spend the northern summer feeding in the North Pacific off Japan, Alaska and California, an annual round trip of 64,000 km (39,800 mi).[173]"
Meanwhile, in the article for the Arctic tern, we find: "Recent studies have shown average annual round-trip lengths of about 70,900 km (44,100 mi) for birds nesting in Iceland and Greenland and about 48,700 km (30,300 mi) for birds nesting in the Netherlands."
I'm pretty sure that 70,900 > 64,000. If this article is protected, it must be because of disputes. So let's see the dispute get fought out here. Otherwise, I suggest the article be amended. Surprised to find in a search of the Talk archive this hasn't ever come up before; the remarkable migration of the Arctic tern has been a standard item in elementary school science introduction to birds for at least 60 years 2001:56A:F0E9:9B00:5176:B2B8:95AE:60 ( talk) 20:36, 11 April 2024 (UTC)JustSomeWikiReader
The beginning of the article reads "There are over 11,000 living species" without any reference. This is true according to BirdLife taxonomy, but not according to BirdTree, which recognize only about 10,000 species.
A more accurate description is given later in the text: "The number of known living bird species is around 11,000 [56][57] although sources may differ in their precise numbers". The numbers in the references are slightly above or below 11,000. I suggest changing the sentence in the beginning to "There are around 11,000 living species", with the two references given later in the text, also adding a reference to the BirdTree taxonomy: https://birdtree.org/ or https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11631 Yuvalr ( talk) 12:08, 18 April 2024 (UTC)