10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2024

I’d really like to see a Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (South-East Asia), while to see any of the Madagascan couas would be pretty cool (there’s 11 of them). Perhaps the most curious thing about the Great Spotted Cuckoo is its distribution, for it is both a non-breeding Palearctic migrant to Africa, and a trans-Africa migrant.

Cyprus 230

Cyprus Africa Europe Asia 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

I do not get too many comments on my blog posts, but it seems that whenever I write about jacanas – whether in Africa, Australia, or Asia – there is an unusually high number of reactions (well, maybe one or two rather than the usual zero) from female readers. This is ok as birds do not have teeth anyway). End of side note.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2012

Neither even makes their own nesting cavities; they use the abandoned holes of other woodpeckers. Eurasian Wrynecks are found breeding across the temperate zones of Europe and Asia. They migrate to warmer climes in Africa and south Asia to winter.

Hungary 175

Hungary Asia Woodpeckers Africa 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

In the east, this species can be found along the east coast of Africa, the Nile Valley,and into parts of the middle east and India and southeast Asia. They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. ibis and the eastern B. coromandus.

Cattle 170

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170