This checklist includes all bird species found in Sariga archipelago , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Sariga archipelago [map]
Other names: kepulauan Sariga
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Northern Cassowary | Casuarius unappendiculatus | |
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Spotted Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna guttata | |
Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Rare/Accidental |
Radjah Shelduck | Radjah radjah | |
Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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Red-billed Brush-turkey | Talegalla cuvieri | Endemic (country/region) |
Dusky Megapode | Megapodius freycinet | |
Orange-footed Megapode | Megapodius reinwardt | |
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Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | |
Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
Black-billed Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia nigrirostris | |
Great Cuckoo Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti | |
New Guinea Bronzewing | Henicophaps albifrons | |
Thick-billed Ground Pigeon | Trugon terrestris | |
Pheasant Pigeon | Otidiphaps nobilis | |
Cinnamon Ground Dove | Gallicolumba rufigula | |
Western Crowned Pigeon | Goura cristata | |
Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
White-eyed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula perspicillata | |
Spice Imperial Pigeon | Ducula myristicivora | Endemic (country/region) |
Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rufigaster | |
Pinon's Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pinon | |
Banded Imperial Pigeon | Ducula zoeae | |
Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
Torresian Imperial Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
Wompoo Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus | |
Pink-spotted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus perlatus | |
Ornate Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus ornatus | |
Orange-fronted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus aurantiifrons | |
Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
Coroneted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus coronulatus | |
Beautiful Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus pulchellus | |
White-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
Claret-breasted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
Orange-bellied Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus iozonus | |
Dwarf Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus nainus | |
Papuan Mountain Pigeon | Gymnophaps albertisii | |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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Marbled Frogmouth | Podargus ocellatus | |
Papuan Frogmouth | Podargus papuensis | |
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Papuan Nightjar | Eurostopodus papuensis | |
Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
Papuan Spinetailed Swift | Mearnsia novaeguineae | |
Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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Greater Black Coucal | Centropus menbeki | |
Lesser Black Coucal | Centropus bernsteini | |
Dwarf Koel | Microdynamis parva | |
Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
Long-billed Cuckoo | Chalcites megarhynchus | |
Little Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites minutillus | |
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis castaneiventris | |
Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus | |
White-crowned Cuckoo | Caliechthrus leucolophus | |
Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor | |
Barred Rail | Hypotaenidia torquata | |
Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
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Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | |
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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Forest Bittern | Zonerodius heliosylus | |
Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Pied Heron | Egretta picata | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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Australian Ibis | Threskiornis moluccus | |
Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | |
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Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
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Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |
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Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | |
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Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Long-tailed Honey Buzzard | Henicopernis longicauda | |
Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurneyi | |
Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
Grey-headed Goshawk | Accipiter poliocephalus | |
Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | |
White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
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Lesser Sooty Owl | Tyto multipunctata | |
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Rufous Owl | Ninox rufa | |
Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
Jungle Boobook | Ninox theomacha | |
Papuan Boobook | Uroglaux dimorpha | |
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Papuan Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | |
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Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Yellow-billed Kingfisher | Syma torotoro | |
Blue-black Kingfisher | Todiramphus nigrocyaneus | |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
Common Paradise Kingfisher | Tanysiptera galatea | |
Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher | Tanysiptera nympha | |
Hook-billed Kingfisher | Melidora macrorrhina | |
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra | Dacelo gaudichaud | |
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Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Palm Cockatoo | Probosciger aterrimus | |
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | |
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Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta keiensis | |
Moluccan King Parrot | Alisterus amboinensis | Endemic (country/region) |
Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |
Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | |
Red-fronted Lorikeet | Charmosyna rubronotata | |
Red-flanked Lorikeet | Charmosyna placentis | |
Black-capped Lory | Lorius lory | |
Black Lory | Chalcopsitta atra | |
Dusky Lory | Pseudeos fuscata | |
Violet-necked Lory | Eos squamata | Endemic (country/region) |
Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
Large Fig Parrot | Psittaculirostris desmarestii | |
Orange-breasted Fig Parrot | Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii | |
Double-eyed Fig Parrot | Cyclopsitta diophthalma | |
Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot | Loriculus aurantiifrons | |
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Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
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White-eared Catbird | Ailuroedus buccoides | |
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Wallace's Fairywren | Sipodotus wallacii | |
Broad-billed Fairywren | Chenorhamphus grayi | |
Emperor Fairywren | Malurus cyanocephalus | |
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Plain Honeyeater | Pycnopygius ixoides | |
Streak-headed Honeyeater | Pycnopygius stictocephalus | |
Puff-backed Honeyeater | Meliphaga aruensis | |
Mimic Honeyeater | Meliphaga analoga | |
Scrub Honeyeater | Meliphaga albonotata | |
Varied Honeyeater | Gavicalis versicolor | |
Brown-backed Honeyeater | Ramsayornis modestus | |
Rufous-banded Honeyeater | Conopophila albogularis | |
Tawny Straightbill | Timeliopsis griseigula | |
Long-billed Honeyeater | Melilestes megarhynchus | |
Ruby-throated Myzomela | Myzomela eques | |
Dusky Myzomela | Myzomela obscura | |
Green-backed Honeyeater | Glycichaera fallax | |
Olive Honeyeater | Lichmera argentauris | Endemic (country/region) |
Meyer's Friarbird | Philemon meyeri | |
Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides | |
Spotted Honeyeater | Xanthotis polygrammus | |
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater | Xanthotis flaviventer | |
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Yellow-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone chrysogaster | |
Fairy Gerygone | Gerygone palpebrosa | |
Green-backed Gerygone | Gerygone chloronota | |
Large-billed Gerygone | Gerygone magnirostris | |
Lowland Mouse-warbler | Crateroscelis murina | |
Pale-billed Sericornis | Sericornis spilodera | |
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Black Berrypecker | Melanocharis nigra | |
Pygmy Longbill | Oedistoma pygmaeum | |
Yellow-bellied Longbill | Toxorhamphus novaeguineae | |
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Stout-billed Cuckooshrike | Coracina caeruleogrisea | |
Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata | |
Boyer's Cuckooshrike | Coracina boyeri | |
White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
Grey-headed Cicadabird | Edolisoma schisticeps | |
Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
New Guinea Cicadabird | Edolisoma melas | |
Black-browed Triller | Lalage atrovirens | |
Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela | |
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Blue Jewel-babbler | Ptilorrhoa caerulescens | |
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Island Whistler | Pachycephala phaionota | Endemic (country/region) |
Grey Whistler | Pachycephala simplex | |
Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
Rusty Shrike-thrush | Pseudorectes ferrugineus | |
Little Shrike-thrush | Colluricincla megarhyncha | |
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Variable Pitohui | Pitohui kirhocephalus | |
Brown Oriole | Oriolus szalayi | |
Green Oriole | Oriolus flavocinctus | |
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Yellow-breasted Boatbill | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | |
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Clicking Shieldbill | Peltops blainvillii | |
Black Butcherbird | Melloria quoyi | |
Hooded Butcherbird | Cracticus cassicus | |
White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
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Black Fantail | Rhipidura atra | |
Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
Sooty Thicket Fantail | Rhipidura threnothorax | |
Black Thicket Fantail | Rhipidura maculipectus | |
White-bellied Thicket Fantail | Rhipidura leucothorax | |
Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
Arafura Fantail | Rhipidura dryas | |
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Grey Crow | Corvus tristis | |
Australian Crow | Corvus orru | |
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Shining Myiagra | Myiagra alecto | |
Frilled Monarch | Arses telescopthalmus | |
Spot-winged Monarch | Symposiachrus guttula | |
Spectacled Monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | |
Hooded Monarch | Symposiachrus manadensis | |
Golden Monarch | Carterornis chrysomela | |
Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
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Trumpet Manucode | Phonygammus keraudrenii | |
Glossy-mantled Manucode | Manucodia ater | |
Crinkle-collared Manucode | Manucodia chalybatus | |
Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise | Seleucidis melanoleucus | |
Magnificent Riflebird | Lophorina magnifica | |
King Bird-of-paradise | Cicinnurus regius | |
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise | Cicinnurus magnificus | |
Red Bird-of-paradise | Paradisaea rubra | |
Lesser Bird-of-paradise | Paradisaea minor | |
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Olive-yellow Robin | Kempiella flavovirescens | |
Torrent Robin | Monachella muelleriana | |
Black-sided Robin | Poecilodryas hypoleuca | |
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Olive-crowned Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pectorale | |
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Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
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Streak-headed Mannikin | Lonchura tristissima | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
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Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
Papuan Grassbird | Cincloramphus macrurus | |
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Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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Yellow-faced Myna | Mino dumontii | |
Golden Myna | Mino anais | |
Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | |
Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta |
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