10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Their presence indicates large mammals nearby – and only a few meters away, one Southern White Rhinoceros mother with a calf disappears among the bushes. From 2020 to 2022, that figure was lower, about 500 animals per year, but is it because of better safety measures or fewer and consequently harder to locate quarries?

South Africa 216

South Africa Africa Game Elephants 216

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In early November 2020, there were 15 countries with more than 1000 species eBirded so far. Indian Rhinoceros in Kaziranga, photo Anuwar Hazarika/Wikimedia Commons. So I lowered my threshold to 500 and that worked well… for Costa Rica and South America, that is (especially Peru).

Asia 271

Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 271

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

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.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

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.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

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.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Southern Red-billed Hornbill – Tockus rufirostris. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. Helmeted Hornbill – Buceros vigil. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Indian Gray Hornbill – Ocyceros birostris.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Southern Red-billed Hornbill – Tockus rufirostris. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. Helmeted Hornbill – Buceros vigil. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Indian Gray Hornbill – Ocyceros birostris.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113