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All by myself: An adult ‘mentok rimba’, or white-winged duck, stands in a shallow pond at Way Kambas National Park in Lampung, in this undated photo. Upgraded to critically endangered status last year on the IUCN Red List, the iconic Southeast Asian bird species now survives in a handful of remaining habitats in Indonesia, India, northern Myanmar and western Thailand. (Way Kambas National Park/Dicky Tri Sutanto)
All by myself: An adult ‘mentok rimba’, or white-winged duck, stands in a shallow pond at Way Kambas National Park in Lampung, in this undated photo. Upgraded to critically endangered status last year on the IUCN Red List, the iconic Southeast Asian bird species now survives in a handful of remaining habitats in Indonesia, India, northern Myanmar and western Thailand. (Way Kambas National Park/Dicky Tri Sutanto)
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