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Asia’s Deadliest Bird: The Brown Prinia

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The prinias are a group of around 25 Old World warbler species found in Africa and Asia. On the contrary, it may very well be one of the most dangerous bird species in Asia, if not the world. However, they are indistinct within the Old World’s brown warblers in that their plumage consists entirely of different shades of brown.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

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The Chestnut-winged Babbler is known as one of the host species of the Asian Drongo-cuckoo in Southeast Asia ( source ), a claim to fame that most bird species would probably prefer to avoid. This bee-eater is another bird species with a somewhat underwhelming work ethic. So, what you see here is a female.