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Figure 1: Blue-headed parrots (Pionus menstruus) at a clay lick in Manu, Peru.

J. D. GILARDI

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Diamond, J. Dirty eating for healthy living. Nature 400, 120–121 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/22014

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