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Duncan’s 2014 List

10,000 Birds

Rhinoceros Hornbill ( Buceros rhinoceros ); Danum Valley, Borneo, 1 January. Blue-throated Bee-eater ( Merops viridis ); Danum Valley, Borneo, 1 January. CORACIIDAE (ROLLERS). Dollarbird ( Eurystomus orientalis ); Pasir Ris, Singapore, 11 January. Bucerotidae (Hornbills). Capitonidae (Barbets).

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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

10,000 Birds

We haven’t seen the reason yet, but suddenly you could have palpated a tension in the air that made the zebras step away and even one female Ostrich stand up… Then the Lord of the waterhole came, a young – although nine years old White Rhinoceros. Cover photo: White Rhinoceros, Wikimedia Commons.

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Birding the Kruger Park (5): Pafuri area part 1

10,000 Birds

According to the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (Helm, 2014), “James Sligo Jameson (1856–1888) was an Irish hunter, explorer, and naturalist. So, you would have a “Hippopotamus Egret”, a “Rhinoceros Egret” or an “Elephant Bird” ( source ). There are about 16 bird species called robin-chats.

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Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Nothing wets the appetite for a birding trip like a map with a Blue-banded Pitta posed in the middle and a Rhinoceros Hornbill flying across the edge! Press, March 2014; UK: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd; 2014. By Quentin Phillipps and Karen Phillipps. 372 pages, 8.3 inches, 141 full color plates, 600 distribution maps, 12 maps.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

10,000 Birds

Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Scarlet-rumped Trogon – Harpactes duvaucelii. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Helmeted Hornbill – Buceros vigil. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Black Hornbill – Anthracoceros malayanus.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Scarlet-rumped Trogon – Harpactes duvaucelii. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Helmeted Hornbill – Buceros vigil. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Black Hornbill – Anthracoceros malayanus.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Scarlet-rumped Trogon – Harpactes duvaucelii. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Helmeted Hornbill – Buceros vigil. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Black Hornbill – Anthracoceros malayanus.

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