Excellent Group for Animal Rights in Asia
Critter News
MARCH 27, 2011
Please consider Animals Asia for your future donations. I love this organization and have supported them for a few years now. They do important work.
Animal Release in Asia
Critter News
MAY 10, 2010
Here's an interesting perspective on the practice of some religious groups' (such as Buddhist monks') practice of purchasing birds from pet stores and then releasing them. Tags: birds buddhism wildlife asia. This writer contends that the birds are not suited to the wild and actually end up starving or being eaten by cats.
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Group Seeks to Ban Chinese Fur Trade with Australia
Critter News
OCTOBER 6, 2011
The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. About 10 million dogs in China are killed for their fur, prompting an animal rights group to seek a ban on fur trade to Australia. The dog fur are used are inside lining for ugg boots.
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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2022
While the Black-throated Laughingthrush is native to Southeast Asia, it is also kept at the Toronto Zoo and has its own web page there. However, as the zoo is (at the time of writing this post) closed due to covid, you still have to leave Canada and come to Southeast Asia to see it. Which (due to covid) you probably cannot.
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The Hidden Qualities of House Sparrows
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2015
I’ll start off by naming the univerally accepted species, the House Sparrow propper Passer domesticus , the Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus and the ill-named Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis , which occurs from Spain all the way to central Asia and is rather difficult to find in the former.
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Ending 2021 with the Steller’s Sea Eagle
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2022
If you are plugged into the birding community, you’ve probably seen photos of this errant eagle, normally found in Russia and Asia but now be-bopping around the United States and Canada. ” I asked the first birders I happened upon – part of the group of dozens, if not 100+ people on the wharf.
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Tiny Asian bird discovered as sole member of ancient family. Who’s next?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2014
And the Spotted Wren-Babbler news shows that surprises still lurk deep within this large group of birds as little-known species finally have their DNA sequenced and compared with that of their so-called relatives. Timaliidae is currently thought to contain 50-odd babbler species distributed across southern and eastern Asia.
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The origins of tanagers, warblers, and sparrows are coming into focus
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2015
A new paper out this month attempts to paint the most comprehensive picture yet of the origins and diversification of the American sparrows, wood-warblers, blackbirds, cardinals, tanagers, and their kin, an enormous group of birds more than 800 species strong. A female Western Spindalis ( Spindalis zena ) on Grand Cayman © David J.
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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Beside India, Lynx Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of South Asia covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Mammals of South Asia follows the latest taxonomy, describes all the species recorded within the region and provides a range map for each species. monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.). cm Weight 0.4
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Baby Boom … in Great Britain?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 15, 2016
The species, which migrates from the Russian Arctic to Southeast Asia, is down to about 200 breeding pairs in the wild, due to habitat loss and poaching. Two different females among the captive group have laid eggs , and scientists are keeping a watchful eye on a few others. Now, it’s Spoon-billed Sandpipers’ turn.
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Southern Pied Babblers
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2015
While there as some very attractive members of the family (or families, scientists can’t make up their minds) in Asia, in Africa the babblers tend towards the restrained when it comes to plumage. Like others of the genus Turdoides it is also a very social species, found in often noisy groups.
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Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
A thousand of our soldiers would be enough to subdue all Asia from Lake Baykal to the Himalayas … Here the exploits of Cortez can still be repeated.” Europeans must use these to come and bear away in the name of civilization all these dregs of the human race.
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Nyala, Southern Africa’s Stunning Antelope
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2015
I’m a big fan of the antelopes, a group that is most commonly associated with Africa but which also occurs in Asia and, if you stretch the term to be cladistically meaningful, Europe and North America. By this I mean applying the term antelope to cover all of the family Bovidae, which would include the sheep, goats and ox.
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Azure-winged Magpies
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2016
The Azure-winged Magpie is a pretty member of the crow family found in Eastern Asia, from Siberia and Japan down to Hong Kong. Unlike other magpies I’ve seen, this one lives in family groups, and like other corvids, are conversational and fun to watch. Azure-winged Magpie. As you can’t see from the wings.
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102 “The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia”
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia, edited by Yong Ding Li & Low Bing Wen. And now I am holding the “The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia” – an expanded and fully updated second edition of “The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Southeast Asia”. As a rule, I like second editions better.
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Pycnonotidae: A Critical Review
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2021
A typical description of the family is that of “a tropical African and Asian songbird that typically has a melodious voice and drab plumage”, another is “small, dull-colored passerine birds of Asia and Africa”, yet another states that they are “often rather plain” Individual species get even harsher reviews.
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Barbets of Costa Rica- Clowns of the Cloud Forest
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2019
There’s so much more that can be said about this group of birds but that’s the first description that comes to mind. However, as DNA and morphological studies have indicated, despite the barbets of Asia and Africa looking quite like the ones in the Americas, they aren’t closely related to each other.
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My Top 12 Wildlife Watching Moments
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2016
Asia: Indeed, some 150 meters away, four males of the Great Indian Bustard are semi-displaying – more than one per cent of the surviving population! Asia: We wait on the top of the hillock crossed by a barbed wire fence and topped by a scarecrow. 10000birds.com/rock-partridges-and-hollywood-mandolins.htm. The Sun is just rising.
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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea 2nd edition – A Field Guide Review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2021
Still, how many birders visit this region and could be seen as the target group for this, already a second edition? Some groups, for example shorebird illustrations, tend to be on a smallish side, probably due to the number of various plumages, plus flight paintings per plate. The rest of the region remains fairly undervisited.
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I and the Bird: What is a Nuthatch?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
The first I and the Bird of the new era is published here at 10,000 Birds and the theme, now laser-focused on a group of birds every time out, is that most endearing of feeder visitors, NUTHATCHES. All that and more is available at the re-inaugural I and the Bird. Come join us!
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Waxwings and their kin: Meet the bombycillids
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2013
Waxwings and their relatives are a small, interesting group of songbirds that have seen some interesting taxonomic changes in the last few years. The Palmchat has long been grouped with waxwings and silky-flycatchers based on morphological similarities, and genetic work has confirmed the relationship. Meet the bombycillids: Palmchat.
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A few hours of birding on Mauritius Island
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2022
I saw a few of each group, with the obvious exception of the second one. I spent a few hours on Mauritius flying from Shanghai to Cape Town, South Africa, and decided to use this time for a short trip to a nature reserve on Mauritius, the Black River Gorges National Park. Of course, the Common Myna is not a native species either.
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214 Leaf Leaf Leaf Leaf Leaf Leaf Leaf Leaf Leaf Bird Leaf Leaf Leaf Leaf
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 15, 2015
There are a few groups that have their fair share of green species, like the broadbills and the barbets , and of course you have the usual female dull stuff, e.g. amongst the sunbirds , spiderhunters and flowerpeckers.
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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). Dragan]: The best birding in Asia is not even on the Asian mainland! Yes, this is a shameless plug, but it’s also true.].
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The Storks of Africa
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2012
Like the Adjutants in Asia and Jabiru of the Americas, the Marabou is our bare-headed scavenging stork. Only slightly shorter, but more elegantly built than the Marabou, the Saddle-billed also has a sister species in Asia, the Black-necked Stork. It is also related to Wood Stork of the Americas and Milky Stork of Asia.
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THE BIGGEST URBAN PYGMY CORMORANT ROOST IN THE WORLD DECREASED!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 24, 2015
It belongs to a group of species of special conservation concern, which under the European Birds Directive requires Member States to designate Special Protection Areas (Annex I species). The distribution of this species is limited to South-Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the area around the Black and the Caspian Sea in western Asia.
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176 White-backed Vultures are Proper Birds
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2015
Fortunately, after what happened in Asia conservation groups are alert to the risks and are working to protect them before things get dire. They are threatened by hunting for traditional medicine, veterinary drugs, and poachers who poison them to conceal their poaching activities. Word spreads.
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African Pygmy Geese – Diminutive Ducks
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
For these birds, the smallest of all waterfowl, belong to the “perching duck” group. The three distinct species are the Green Pygmy Goose of Australia and New Guinea, the Cotton Pygmy Goose of Asia and the African Pygmy Goose of obvious geography. But they are not just any ducks.
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Common Gallinule, the lost Moorhen
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 24, 2016
The Common Gallinule , is the most wide spread of all the members of the rail family, being found from Canada, to Chile, Europe, Asia, Africa, much of the Pacific, and the Galapagos Islands. Very much omnivorous, they consume plant life, spiders, works, frogs, well, pretty much anything that you might find in a reedy, swampy area.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Elephant Bulls in the Ngorongoro Crater by Adam Riley A matriarchial herd of African or Bush Elephant in Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park by Adam Riley The little – elephant shrews are a group of 17 small to medium sized insectivorous mammals that have confused taxidermists since they were first described.
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195 Asia’s Deadliest Bird: The Brown Prinia
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 21, 2014
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. This species, as small and as brown as it may be, does not seem quite as harmless as its looks suggest. So, move over Cassowary.
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The Horrors of Shark Finning
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
The fins are then utilized in a wide variety of ways, especially in areas of Asia. For example, shark fin soup is a delicacy in most of Asia, especially China. There are many groups and people working to end this practice, and with any luck bringing it to light will help speed along the process.
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100 The bills of the broadbills
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2015
Since this is the season of love and harmony and all things nice, I sincerely and originally had planned to write an equally nice, loving and harmonic post on a beautiful group of birds that’s mostly found in SE Asia, the broadbills. Even the group’s namesake feature, the broad bill, is ill-chosen.
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104 Godwits are bad ambassadors of conservation
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2013
It breeds in a broad and not quite coherent band from Iceland in the west through central Europe and southern Scandinavia all the way to eastern Russia, wintering in Africa, parts of India, and Southeast Asia to Australia.
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Being A Living Fossil Evolved Multiple Times
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2014
The original story is that emus and ostriches and moas and such evolved as a separate group of birds from all the other birds, from the basal birdish thing that gave rise to all the living birds, and became a large land bird. This was on Gondwana.
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197 We Got the Wrong Starling
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
And would have still direct the same ire towards starlings if the specie sin question were a different one, like, perhaps, Central Asia’s gorgeous Rosy Starling ? While in India last week for the 3rd annual Global Bird-watching Conference in the state of Gujarat, I had the opportunity to let my mind wonder “what if”?
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I and the Bird: What is an Ibis?
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2013
You may not realize it when you look at those bizarre looking waders with the massive bills and the vacant expression, but you’re looking at a group of birds that has inspired humankind for literal centuries. The group has a worldwide distribution; 28 species living and two additional extinct.
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204 Sanetti Plateau…The World’s Best Commute?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2017
As you begin to emerge from the trees impossibly bold Rouget’s Rails can be seen stalking around, and groups of Chestnut-naped Francolins are common too. Common Choughs are typically a species of Europe and Asia, and one I failed for years to see in Wales. The primary reason birders go to Sanetti are the upper mountain endemics.
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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2013
If you are a migratory bird in Europe and western Asia, this is your sweet spot. Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan. The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting.
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White’s Thrush or Scaly?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2017
White’s Thrush contains two subspecies, aurea and toratugumi; and Scaly Thrush includes the subspecies dauma, major, and horsfieldi, each of which also is recogized as a monotypic group. Birds of South Asia. Nilgiri Thrush and Sri Lanka Thrush are monotypic. Reference: Rasmussen, P.C., The Ripley guide. Volume 2: attributes and status.
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“European” Purple Swamphens on Mallorca
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2015
So, if lumping is out of the question because we love Takahes far too much, then splitting is inevitable because we love monophyletic groups even more. For both forms, their little patches within the WP are but outlying exclaves of a much wider range elsewhere in Africa and Asia, respectively.
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Color Me Roseate
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2013
Africa’s Rosy Bee-eater is vivid enough to burn your retina while the Rosy Pipit of Asia flaunts but a flush of pink. The Rose Robin of Australia, sometimes referred to as the Rose-breasted robin, is considered the most acrobatic of a group of red robins. The Asian Rosy Finch is found, well, elsewhere.
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Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2014
Kinabalu (at 13,455 feet the highest peak in southeast Asia), and human development that has resulted in freshwater rice fields, secondary forest, and oil palm plantations, this means that Borneo offers an incredibly high degree of biodiversity. Borneo, the authors say, is under-birded. I think we need to do something about that.
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