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| | A Compilation and Synthesis of Avian Research Completed in South Dakota |
 | | South Dakota bird life is highly diversified due to varied habitats consisting of rivers, potholes, lakes, ponds, riparian woodlands, man-made woodlands, sagebrush, shrublands, croplands, haylands, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) planted cover, virgin mixed and tallgrass prairies and, in western South Dakota, the Black Hills. |
 | | South Dakota's midcontinental geographic position constitutes a transition zone where both western and eastern species occur (Tallman et al. |
 | | In 1991, due in part to taxonomic changes as well as additional species in the state, the list contained 395 species (SDOU 1991), 219 of which were known to breed in South Dakota (Peterson 1995). |
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